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The Solomon Islands collection of the Revd Charles Elliot Fox
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14903847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M White (0000-0002-2963-3106), Michael A White (0000-0002-0238-8913, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-55 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Collections (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6650 • E-ISSN: 1477-8564 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jhc/13.1.45 |
| OpenAlex | W2014789412 |
| Language | EN |
In the early 1920s the Revd Charles Elliot Fox of the Melanesian Mission collected approximately 200 items from San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands for the Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand. He did so at the request of the Museum's first and recently appointed anthropologist, Henry Devenish Skinner. The value of the collection is enhanced by a commentary from Ben Monongai, of Heuru, San Cristobal, dating from 1923. This article looks at the composition of the collection in terms of the academic interests of both Skinner and Fox, with particular reference to theories about the settlement of the Pacific. It also examines some of the practical challenges of missionary field collection at this time.
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Computer Science · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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