“Authentic provenance”

Nineteenth-century zoological collections consisted of large series of animals, which had been trapped, uprooted, hunted, killed, put into containers, dried, and preserved. From distant far-flung outposts overseas, colonial collections were shipped to central metropolitan institutions where they we...

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Main Author: Catarina Madruga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2022-11-01
Series:Journal for the History of Knowledge
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Online Access:https://journalhistoryknowledge.org/article/view/11951