The collaboration of James Mutch and Franz Boas, 1883-1922
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4862974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenn Harper (Box 670,Iqaluit,Nunavut,X0A 0H0,Canada., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 53-71 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Études/Inuit/Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0701-1008 • E-ISSN: 1708-5268 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/038215ar |
| OpenAlex | W2154508595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
James Mutch, whaler and manager of the Scottish whaling station at Kekerten in Cumberland Sound, assisted Franz Boas in his field study of Inuit culture from 1883 to 1884. Subsequently, the two men carried out an extensive correspondence, lasting over thirty years. At Boas invitation, Mutch made three collections of ethnographic material for the American Museum of Natural History, which allowed Boas to publish two major works on Inuit material and intellectual culture without venturing north again. Mutch's contribution to our knowledge of Inuit culture has never been described and has therefore gone unrecognised
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Biology · Ethnography · Natural history · Sociology · Whaling · Anthropology · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |