Native American Jewellery Of The Southwest USA, British Museum

Collection Name	Native American Jewellery Of The Southwest USA
Exhibition Title	JP Morgan Chase Gallery Of North America
Institution Name	British Museum
Museum Type	Archaeology
Strengths	Archaeology, Ethnic America
Topics Covered	Native American Jewellery, American South West, Alaska
Curator					Email Address
Address	Department of Ethnography The British Museum 6 Burlington Gardens London, W1X 3EX United Kingdom
Location	London
Telephone No.	020 7323 8041				Fax No.
Email Address	ethnography@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Web Page	http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ethno/ethhome.html
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Stock Size
Catalogue					Availability
Collection offers	Online collection	no	Seminars/ Talks	no	Photographs	no	Manuscripts	no
	Ephemera	no	Newspapers		Paintings	no	E-Resources	no
	Sculpture	no	Textiles	yes	Weapons	no	Prints	yes
	Crafts	yes	Ceramics	no	Audio	no	Film	no	Microfilm no
Other Information	Collection is held in the Department Of Ethnography.
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Collection Description	"The collections of the Department of Ethnography comprise around 350,000 objects, representing the cultures of indigenous peoples throughout the world. Their scope is both contemporary and historical, and focus on Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and Australia, the Americas and Eastern Europe. The bulk of the material was acquired in the 19th and 20th centuries and largely dates from this time. Collecting continues today and fieldwork currently being carried out in Alaska, the Southwestern United States, Romania and Tunisia has resulted in some recent acquisitions which have already been exhibited. Between 1970 and 1997 the Department was well known for its lively exhibitions and related activities which took place at the Museum of Mankind off Piccadilly. We are now preparing to return to Bloomsbury where we will be able to display our collections and make them available to the public in new and exciting ways." (Department of Ethnography webpage, British Museum website)
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Museum Collections with the same strengths		Archaeology Ethnic America
Museum Collections at the same location		American Collections Horniman Museum (London) Tate American Fund Tate Britain (London) The American Collection: Works On Paper British Museum (London)
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