Treasures from native California : the legacy of Russian exploration / Travis Hudson and Craig D. Bates ; edited by Thomas Blackburn and John R. Johnson ; foreword by Stephen Watrous ; afterword by Glenn Farris.
Publisher: Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2015]Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations (some color), color mapContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781611329827 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9781611329841 (e-book)
- 979.4/01 23
- E78.C15 H83 2015eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the Kunstkamera's California Collection -- Documenting a collection: the collectors and their objects -- A superb collector visits California: Ilia G. Voznesenskii -- Describing a people: the Russians as California ethnographers -- Objects of the quest: hunting and gathering equipment -- Objects of home and hearth: food preparation and shelter -- Interacting with the supernatural: ritual dress -- Objects for festive occasions: music, gifts, and games -- Some comments on significance.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.