American Collections, Horniman Museum
| Collection Name | American Collections | |||||||||
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| Institution Name | Horniman Museum | |||||||||
| Museum Type | Archaeology | |||||||||
| Strengths | Archaeology, Ethnic America | |||||||||
| Topics Covered | Anthropology, Artefacts, Native Americans, Inuit, Northwest Coast Indians, Pre-Colombian Archaeology | |||||||||
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| Address | Horniman Museum 100 London Road London,SE23 3 PQ United Kingdom |
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| Location | London | |||||||||
| Telephone No. | 020 8699 1872 | Fax No. | 020 8291 5506 | |||||||
| Email Address | enquiry@horniman.demon.co.uk | |||||||||
| Web Page | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/collections/american_collections.cfm | |||||||||
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| Collection offers | Online collection | no | Seminars/ Talks |
yes | Photographs | no | Manuscripts | no | ||
| Ephemera |
no |
Newspapers | Paintings | yes | E-Resources | no | ||||
| Sculpture | yes | Textiles | no | Weapons | no | Prints | no | |||
| Crafts | no | Ceramics | yes | Audio | no | Film | no | Microfilm no | ||
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| Collection Description | "The American collections were built from purchases, including the Inuit and Northwest coast collections made by A.C. Haddon and donated to the Museum by Emslie Horniman. Other important donations of American material to the Museum, include pre-Columbian archaeological pieces from central Mexico and Oaxaca. John Eric Horniman, Emslie's son, also made an excellent collection of Plains Indian beaded material, including clothing, pipe bags and a bonnet. The collection includes items transferred from other institutions such as the 59 Northwest coast pieces from the Museum of the American Indian, New York (1934), the two Kwatiutl masks and related material from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew (1958), as well as material collected in the field and other purchases such as a collection of Inuit seal skin clothing from the Church Missionary Society (1965). In 1961 the Museum acquired a Blackfoot Tipi, transferred from the Glenbow Museum, Canada. During the last 50 years, the main focus of research and collecting has been on the American Southwest, in particular Navajo textiles, Pueblo ceramics and Hopi Katsinam. The Museum has also sponsored contemporary North American Indian artists. In 1966, Fred Stevens, a Navajo medicine man executed a sand painting in the museum, while in 1985 Nathan Jackson, of the Tlingit people of Alaska, carved and presented the Museum with a 25ft totem pole." (Horniman Museum Website) |
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| Museum Collections with the same strengths |
Archaeology Ethnic America |
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| Museum Collections at the same location |
Native American Jewellery Of The Southwest USA JP Morgan Chase Gallery Of North America British Museum (London) Tate American Fund Tate Britain (London) The American Collection: Works On Paper British Museum (London) |
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