Deux musées pour un héritage: Les collections unangax̂ de l’île d’Unga
Alternate Title
Deux musees pour un heritage: Les collections unangax de l’ile d’Unga
Two Museums for a Heritage: Unangax Collections from Unga Island
Two Museums for a Heritage: Unangax̂ Collections from Unga Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie-Amélie Salabelle
Claire Alix
Allison Y. McLain
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 179-207
Description
Article discusses the artifacts and objects collected by Alphonse Pinart and William Dell from Unga Island burial caves; authors look at the provenance of the objects, which are now divided between Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, and the potential for additional study.