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Author Hudson, Travis, author.

Title Treasures from native California : the legacy of Russian exploration / Travis Hudson and Craig D. Bates ; edited by Thomas Blackburn and John R. Johnson ; foreword by Stephen Watrous ; afterword by Glenn Farris.

Publication Info. Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations, map
Russian . . . language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction: the Kunstkamera's California Collection -- Documenting a collection: the collectors and their objects -- A superb collector visits California: Ilia G. Voznesenskii -- Describing a people: the Russians as California ethnographers -- Objects of the quest: hunting and gathering equipment -- Objects of home and hearth: food preparation and shelter -- Interacting with the supernatural: ritual dress -- Objects for festive occasions: music, gifts, and games -- Some comments on significance.
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Subject Indians of North America -- Material culture -- California -- Catalogs.
Indians of North America -- Material culture.
California.
California -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian.
Discoveries in geography.
Genre/Form Catalogs.
Electronic books.
Catalogs.
Added Author Bates, Craig D., author.
Blackburn, Thomas C., editor.
Johnson, John R. (John Richard), 1949- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Hudson, Travis. Treasures from native California. Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., 2014 9781611329827 (DLC) 2014026772 (OCoLC)891494621
ISBN 9781611329841 electronic book
1611329841 electronic book
9781611329827
1611329825
9781611327533 (consumer ebook)