Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Janzen, John M.
2. Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art.
3. University of Kansas.

Description

1. 69 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 28 cm.

Summary

1. "This volume features a late 19th century carved ivory elephant tusk from the Loango coast of Equatorial Africa given to the University of Kansas in 2004 by Susan and Wolfgang Hamburger of St. Joseph, Missouri. The volume incorporates the papers of a 2005 mini-conference held at the University of Kansas to review the intertwined stories of the ivory's original production, context, and use, as well as its century as a Hamburger family holding. Scholars from the University of Kansas and beyond illuminate the cultural, economic, and political history of Western Equitorial Africa and the manner in which that history, the region, its peoples and cultures have been received in Europe and in North America."--Publisher's description.

Series statement

1. University of Kansas publications in anthropology ; 24

Uniform title

1. University of Kansas publications in anthropology ; no. 24.

Subject

1. Hamburger, Wolfgang > Art collections
2. Hamburger, Susan > Art collections
3. Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art
4. Ivory carving > Africa, West
5. Ivories > Africa, West
6. Ivories > Kansas > Lawrence

Contents

1. From Loango to Lawrence : first encounter with the Hamburger ivory carving / John M. Janzen -- Situating the Hamburger Loango ivory in Kansas African collections / John M. Janzen -- Imagery, carvers and consumers : investigating carved Loango tusk sculptures / Nichole N. Bridges -- The social context of Loango ivories / Watt MacGaffey -- The Lemba trading association as seen in the Rymar ivory / John M. Janzen -- The Hamburger family and its carved ivory : from Zabrze, Poland to St. Joseph, Missouri / Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen -- Latkes and the Hamburger ivroy / S. Daniel Breslauer.

Call number

1. JQF 10-1139

Note

1. "Incorporates the papers of a 2005 mini-conference held at the University of Kansas"--P. [4] of cover.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63) and index.

Title

1. A carved Loango tusk : local images and global connections / John M. Janzen, editor.

Imprint

1. Lawrence, Kan. : University of Kansas, Dept. of Anthropology, c2009.

Series

1. University of Kansas publications in anthropology ; 24
2. University of Kansas publications in anthropology ; no. 24.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63) and index.

Added author

1. Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art.
2. University of Kansas.
3. Janzen, John M.

LCCN

1. 2010398651

ISBN

1. 0938332242
2. 0938332244
3. 9780938332244

Research call number

1. JQF 10-1139