The politics of possession: Louis Shotridge and the Tlingit collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum

For twenty years, from 1912-1932, Louis Shotridge (Stoowukáa V), a Tlingit nobleman of the Chilkat Kaagwaantaan clan, was employed by the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia as field collector, curator, and exhibit preparator. In this position, Shotridge was given full responsibilit...

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Main Author: Milburn, Maureen Elizabeth
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7374