[Anthropgrad] Anthropology seminar 6 August

[Melinda Hinkson]

Anthropology seminar, 9.30 am 6 August, Seminar Room A, Coombs

Robert Foster, Mercer Brugler Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and
Visual and Cultural Studies, University of Rochester

'Native curios, national patrimony, primitive art: three moments in the
biography of the PG Black collection'

In 1938, the Buffalo Museum of Science acquired 6200 objects collected
between 1886 and 1914 by and for PG Black, a branch inspector for a famous
Sydney-based mercantile and shipping firm. At varied points in their
biographical history, these objects were represented in various ways: native
curios, national patrimony, and primitive art.

All welcome.
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Melinda Hinkson
School of Archaeology & Anthropology
A.D. Hope Building
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200

T: +61 2 6125 8246
F: +61 2 6125 2711
W: http://arts.anu.edu.au/AandA/

Information about the Master of Visual Culture Research
is available at: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/vcr.php