Author: Carla M. SinopoliPublisher:
ISBN: 9781949098747
Category : Ethnological expeditions
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Himalayan Journey of Walter N. Koelz
Author: Carla M. SinopoliPublisher:
ISBN: 9781949098747
Category : Ethnological expeditions
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Himalayan Journey of Walter N. Koelz
Author: Carla M. SinopoliPublisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 0915703807
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In the fall of 1932, University of Michigan naturalist Walter N. Koelz traveled to northwest India to lead a scientific collecting expedition in the rugged Himalayan regions of Western Tibet. Some eighteen months later he returned to the United States with a remarkable collection of biological specimens and an array of objects—Buddhist paintings, ritual objects, textiles, and household goods—acquired from monasteries, households, and merchants. This book presents the diary entries Koelz wrote at the end of each day throughout his expedition, recounting in detail each day’s travels, bookended by a chapter contextualizing his acquisition of sacred Buddhist objects and an appendix that presents previously unpublished thangka paintings that he collected.
Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge
Author: Kerstin BarndtPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472122649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge explores the museums, libraries, and special collections of the University of Michigan on its bicentennial. Since its inception, U-M has collected and preserved objects: biological and geological specimens; ethnographic and archaeological artifacts; photographs and artistic works; encyclopedia, textbooks, rare books, and documents; and many other items. These vast collections and libraries testify to an ambitious vision of the research university as a place where knowledge is accumulated, shared, and disseminated through teaching, exhibition, and publication. Today, two hundred years after the university’s founding, museums, libraries, and archives continue to be an important part of U-M, which maintains more than twenty distinct museums, libraries, and collections. Viewed from a historic perspective, they provide a window through which we can explore the transformation of the academy, its public role, and the development of scholarly disciplines over the last two centuries. Even as they speak to important facets of Michigan’s history, many of these collections also remain essential to academic research, knowledge production, and object-based pedagogy. Moreover, the university’s exhibitions and displays attract hundreds of thousands of visitors per year from the campus, regional, and global communities. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs of these world-renowned collections, this book will appeal to readers interested in the history of museums and collections, the formation of academic disciplines, and of course the University of Michigan.
Wrapped in Beauty
Author: Grace BeardsleyPublisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 0915703602
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This richly illustrated volume examines the remarkable Kashmiri shawls of the Walter Koelz Collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. Part I presents the history, production, forms, and ornamentation of Kashmiri shawls, focusing on the impact of social contexts and the advent of the Jacquard loom on shawl development. Part II is a detailed descriptive catalogue of the shawls in the Koelz Collection. An accompanying CD-ROM includes color illustrations of the shawls in the collection as well as a transcribed manuscript by Koelz.
Persian Diary, 1939-1941
Author: Walter N. KoelzPublisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 093220693X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Naturalist and zoologist Walter Koelz traveled to Iran on a project of plant exploration (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture) from late 1939 to early 1941. With him were three companions: Rup Chand, Wangyel, and Rinchen Gialtsen. Together they brought back 3000 seed samples, 4000 herbarium specimens, and a collection of bird skins. Koelz’s diary of that journey is presented in this volume, with an introduction by Henry T. Wright. Includes dozens of black and white photos.
Anthropological Papers
Author: Walter KoelzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin
Author: Quarterly Journal of Crude Drug Research
Author: The Vijayanagara Metropolitan Survey, Vol. 1
Author: Carla M. SinopoliPublisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 0915703653
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Vijayanagara, the “City of Victory,” was the capital of South India’s largest and most successful pre-colonial empire from c. AD 1330-1565. This richly illustrated volume reports on the results of a ten-year systematic regional archaeological survey in the hinterland or “metropolitan region” of this vast and well-preserved urban site.
Living with the Himalayan Masters
Author: Swami RamaPublisher: Himalayan Institute Press
ISBN: 0893891568
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Inspirational stories of Swama Rama's experiences and lessons learned with the great teachers who guided his life including Mahatma Gandhi, Tagore, and more.