Exploring Central Asia : from the steppes to the high Pamirs, 1896-1899 / Esther Fihl ; editor-in-chief, Ida Nicolaisen.
By: Fihl, Esther
Contributor(s): Nicolaisen, Ida | Nationalmuseet (Denmark) | Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project
Language: English Summary language: Russian Series: Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2010.Description: 2 v. (736 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9780295990002; 0295990007Subject(s): Olufsen, O. (Ole), 1865-1929 | Nationalmuseet (Denmark) -- Catalogs | Nomads -- Asia, Central | Ethnology -- Asia, Central -- 19th century | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Asia, Central | Asia, Central -- Description and travel -- 19th century | Asia, Central -- Antiquities | Asia, Central -- History -- 19th century| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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"The prime aim of this publication has been to present the rich museum collection of objects, known as the 'Olufsen Collection', which belongs to the National Museum of Denmark"--Vol. 1, p. [19].
Originally published: London ; New York : Thames and Hudson ; Copenhagen : Rhodos, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [682]-706) and indexes.
vol. 1. Editor's preface : Danish nomad research, an overview ; Author's acknowledgements : a sketch of the research process ; Introduction ; Written sources and beyond ; The Danish setting in the 1890s ; travelling on a museum assignment ; Collecting objects ; The museum life of the objects ; Kyrgyz nomads in the Pamirs ; Agropastoralists in Vakhan ; Catalogue -- vol. 2. Turkmen nomads in Merv ; The Khanate of Khiva ; The Emirate of Bukhara and the Russian-controlled part of Turkestan ; Catalogue ; Representations of Central Asia ; Conclusion.
In English with summary in Russian.