基本説明
Offers a new understanding of the mutually dependent interaction between indigenous peoples and colonial powers, and how collected remains became regarded as objects of wider significance.
Full Description
An exploration of headhunting and the collection of heads for European museums in the context of colonial wars, from the 1870s to the 1930s. The book offers a new understanding of the mutually dependent interaction between indigenous peoples and colonial powers, and how collected remains became regarded as objects of wider significance.
Contents
Illustrations& Maps Abbreviations Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: ENCOUNTERS WITH PARASITES Parasitism in Colonial Interactions The Order of Ceremonial Government The Circulatory System of Colonial Headhunting PART II: SKULLS AND HISTORIES Trajectories of Human Skulls in Museum Collections Human Skulls as Anthropological Objects Histories and Classification in Timorese Anthropology Collecting and the Dramas of Colonial Hostility Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
