ISBN:
9781501337949
,
9781501337932
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 308, 34 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
Serie:
Contextualizing art markets
Serie:
Contextualizing Art Markets Ser.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Kingdon, Zachary, 1962 - Ethnographic collecting and African agency in early colonial West Africa
DDC:
709.660744275
Schlagwort(e):
Art museums-Acquisitions-England-History
;
Art objects-Collectors and collecting-Africa, West
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Colour Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Approach -- Structure and Outline -- 2 Prologue: Western Africa, Africans and Liverpool's Municipal Museum -- After the Slave Trade -- The Niger Expedition -- Joseph Mayer and the Inauguration of Liverpool's Ethnography Collection -- Between Empire and Trade -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Arnold Ridyard and his Assemblage -- Ridyard's Family Background and Methodist Identity -- Maritime Career, Collecting Practices and Social Networks -- Acquisition and Generosity -- Ridyard's Dissenting Interests -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Diasporic Dialogues: The Sierra Leonean Donors I -- W. R. Renner: West African Capitalist -- Krio Diaspora: Collecting and Culture in the Early Twentieth Century -- Women Donors: Mrs W. E. Johnson and Miss B. Yorke -- The Muslim Donors: Colonial Exclusion, African Regional Trajectories -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Trans-imperial Identities: The Sierra Leonean Donors II -- Freetown Architecture and Krio Self-orientation -- Krio Male Elites -- `Upbuilding' and Empire -- Claudius Dyonisius Hotobah During -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Coastal 'Kings': The Gold Coast Donors I -- Ababio IV, Amonu V, Acquah II and Prince Tackie -- Kojo Ababio IV, Accra Political Player -- Potters of Accra's Western Plains -- Ambiguous 'Traditionalist': E. W. Quartey-Papafi o -- Dr Edward Mettle, 'Man of Mystery and Power' -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 Coastal Cosmopolitans: The Gold Coast Donors II -- Frederick Lutterodt, West African Photographer -- Arthur Robert Chinery, Euro-Ga Professional -- John Mensah Sarbah, 'Cosmopolitan Patriot' 37 -- J. P. Brown, C. J. Bannerman and Other 'Cosmopolitan Patriots'
Kurzfassung:
Mobile Elites: C. J. Reindorf, H. van Hien and Others -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 Museum Meanings: Regimes of Classification, Representation and Display -- Exhibiting Order -- Rearranging and Re- evaluating Liverpool Museum's African Collection in the 1930s -- Erosion and Occlusion: The Ridyard Assemblage at the Liverpool Museum, 1905 to 1968 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index
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