Hudson, Travis,

Treasures from native California : the legacy of Russian exploration / [electronic resource] Travis Hudson and Craig D. Bates ; edited by Thomas Blackburn and John R. Johnson ; foreword by Stephen Watrous ; afterword by Glenn Farris. - 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781611329841 (e-book)


Indians of North America--Material culture--California--Catalogs.


California--Discovery and exploration--Russian.


Electronic books.

E78.C15 / H83 2015

979.4/01