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[ Holub ] The Holub Collections in the Ethnological Museum at Munich. Historical classification and scientific relevance. Elisabeth Lehr

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The ethnographical collection of the physician Dr. Emil Holub [1847-1902] from Holice near Pardubice originated during two expeditions in Southern Africa from 1872-1879 and 1883-1887. Holub collected some 60.000 ethnographical and natural scientific objects which were given later to hundreds of different museums and collections, among them the Munich collection with some 150 objects. A historical over-view forms the background for the following ethnographical considerations. Holub´s journeys were directed amongst others towards the Tswana groups resident in present-day Botswana and the so-called Lozi Empire which are both considered individually in detailed sections on habitation areas, climate, flora, fauna, settlement types, social organization, economy and religious ideas. In the rich collection evidence for many aspects of daily life can be found: household goods [calabashes, pottery, wooden vessels, spoons, baskets, furniture], smoke and snuff accessories, dress, jewellery, amulets, musical instruments, weapons [spears, arrows, daggers, gunpowder horns, throwing sticks] and tools [axes, palstaves, awls, harnesses for oxen, whips].

Content:	84 pages, 18 illustrations, 2 maps, 88 plates		Cover:	Paperback
Text:	German		Size:	21,0 x 29,7 cm / DIN A4
Abstracts in other languages:	none		weight:	670 g
Keywords:	collection, expedition
MA thesis	Universität München, 1993		ISBN-13:	978-3-924734-89-3
			ISBN-10:	3-924734-89-5
			Place of Publication:	Buch am Erlbach
			Date of Publication:	1994