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Extensive collection (over 8,000 ethnographic and photographic materials) from the Philippines, primarily acquired between 1900 and 1930 by anthropologists, colonial administrators, and other collectors such as Henry Otley Beyer, John M. Garvan,…


















Cultural heritage of the Philippines in the collections of the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum – Cultures of the World, Cologne, Germanyby Sonja Mohr* The history of the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum – Cultures of the World [www.rautenstrauch-joest-…


43597: Backpack from the Ifugao, Banaue, Luzon. The backpack was purchased from WIliam Beyer, son of Henry O. Beyer, in 1964. The Weltkulturen Museum (Museum of World Cultures) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany hosts a collection of about 500…


The Museum of the Americas (Spanish: Museo de América) in Madrid, Spain is a national museum that holds artistic, archaeological and ethnographic collections from the whole Americas, ranging from the Paleolithic period to the present day. It is…










This museum, one of the most important in Madrid, is also one of its least well-known. Located in what used to be the stately home of the 17th Marquis of Cerralbo, visitors to the museum are transported back in time to experience what life was like…


A Collection of Philippine Arms and Armor In the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology By Mark V. WileyExhibits of arms and armour in U.S. museums usually focus on European medieval collections, and when one is presented…



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