The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th Century
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Resumo: | This essay deals with the first acquisitions of the African collection of the Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania, a striking example of the formation of anthropology museums in the United States and their connections with European imperialism in Africa. The documentation consulted on the formation of the Penn Museum’s collection is in the Penn Museum Archives. I critically examine the archives, vocabulary, and organization of the foundational narrative to denaturalize colonial categories of knowledge produced in the past that remain as choices of the present. The imperial criteria involved in collecting and analyzing African material culture consolidated a distorted narrative about symbols of power, transformed into museum objects. Consequently, museums miseducated generations about the objects’ artistic production and social context. So, I offer an analysis of the creative output of an ivory bracelet from the ancient Kingdom of Benin that belongs to the Penn Museum African Collection. |
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The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th CenturyA formação da Coleção Africana do Museu de Arqueologia e Antropologia da Universidade da Pensilvânia, final do século XIXPenn Museum, Kingdom of Benin, Ivory bracelets, Henry Roth, Collecting, Colonialism, Public EducationPenn MuseumReino do BeninBraceletes de marfimeducação públicaHenry RothColeção AfricanaEsculturas de marfimIgbesanmwanThis essay deals with the first acquisitions of the African collection of the Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania, a striking example of the formation of anthropology museums in the United States and their connections with European imperialism in Africa. The documentation consulted on the formation of the Penn Museum’s collection is in the Penn Museum Archives. I critically examine the archives, vocabulary, and organization of the foundational narrative to denaturalize colonial categories of knowledge produced in the past that remain as choices of the present. The imperial criteria involved in collecting and analyzing African material culture consolidated a distorted narrative about symbols of power, transformed into museum objects. Consequently, museums miseducated generations about the objects’ artistic production and social context. So, I offer an analysis of the creative output of an ivory bracelet from the ancient Kingdom of Benin that belongs to the Penn Museum African Collection.Este ensaio trata das primeiras aquisições da coleção Africana do Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania, um exemplo contundente da formação de museus de Antropologia nos Estados Unidos e suas conexões com o imperialismo europeu na África, no final do século XIX. A documentação consultada sobre a formação do acervo do Penn Museum está localizada no Penn Museum Archives. Examino criticamente os arquivos, o vocabulário e a organização da narrativa fundacional com a finalidade de desnaturalizar categorias coloniais de saberes produzidos no passado e que permanecem como escolhas do presente. Argumento que os critérios imperiais envolvidos no colecionamento e análise da cultura material africana consolidaram uma narrativa distorcida sobre insígnias de poder, transformadas em objetos museais. Consequentemente, o público foi deseducado sobre a produção artística e o contexto social dos objetos. Por fim, ofereço ainda a análise da produção artística de um bracelete de marfim do antigo Benin do século XVIII, que pertence ao acervo da referida coleção.UFBA2023-12-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionDouble-blid peer-reviewed articleArtigo avaliado por pares em regime de duplo anonimatoapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/5343710.9771/aa.v0i68.53437Afro-Ásia; No. 68 (2023); 176-213Afro-Ásia; n. 68 (2023); 176-2131981-14110002-0591reponame:Afro-Ásia (Online)instname:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)instacron:UFBAporhttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/53437/31269Copyright (c) 2024 Vanicleia Silva-Santoshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSantos, Vanicleia Silva2024-01-20T17:14:32Zoai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/53437Revistahttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasiaPUBhttps://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/oaiafroasia@ufba.br1981-14110002-0591opendoar:2024-01-20T17:14:32Afro-Ásia (Online) - Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)false |
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The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th Century A formação da Coleção Africana do Museu de Arqueologia e Antropologia da Universidade da Pensilvânia, final do século XIX |
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The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th Century |
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The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th Century Santos, Vanicleia Silva Penn Museum, Kingdom of Benin, Ivory bracelets, Henry Roth, Collecting, Colonialism, Public Education Penn Museum Reino do Benin Braceletes de marfim educação pública Henry Roth Coleção Africana Esculturas de marfim Igbesanmwan |
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The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th Century |
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The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th Century |
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The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th Century |
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The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th Century |
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The Formation of the African Collection at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Late 19th Century |
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Santos, Vanicleia Silva |
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Santos, Vanicleia Silva |
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Santos, Vanicleia Silva |
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Penn Museum, Kingdom of Benin, Ivory bracelets, Henry Roth, Collecting, Colonialism, Public Education Penn Museum Reino do Benin Braceletes de marfim educação pública Henry Roth Coleção Africana Esculturas de marfim Igbesanmwan |
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Penn Museum, Kingdom of Benin, Ivory bracelets, Henry Roth, Collecting, Colonialism, Public Education Penn Museum Reino do Benin Braceletes de marfim educação pública Henry Roth Coleção Africana Esculturas de marfim Igbesanmwan |
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This essay deals with the first acquisitions of the African collection of the Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania, a striking example of the formation of anthropology museums in the United States and their connections with European imperialism in Africa. The documentation consulted on the formation of the Penn Museum’s collection is in the Penn Museum Archives. I critically examine the archives, vocabulary, and organization of the foundational narrative to denaturalize colonial categories of knowledge produced in the past that remain as choices of the present. The imperial criteria involved in collecting and analyzing African material culture consolidated a distorted narrative about symbols of power, transformed into museum objects. Consequently, museums miseducated generations about the objects’ artistic production and social context. So, I offer an analysis of the creative output of an ivory bracelet from the ancient Kingdom of Benin that belongs to the Penn Museum African Collection. |
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