Rostros de Oceanía en el Museo de La Plata: itinerarios de una colección
; Farro, Máximo Ezequiel
; Bucci, Piero Javier 
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11/2024
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Universidade de Sao Paulo
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Anais do Museu Paulista
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0101-4714
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1982-0267
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El moldeado y vaciado de rostros, manos y pies formó parte de las diversas estrategias de conocimiento de los antropólogos desde el siglo XIX. Este estudio se centra en una colección de máscaras faciales obtenidas por el antropólogo alemán Otto Finsch a partir de sujetos vivos de pueblos nativos de Oceanía y conservadas en el Museo de La Plata, Argentina. Analizamos los materiales, archivos y catálogos; también, testimonios orales de trabajadores del museo que estuvieron en contacto con esta colección. En primer lugar, revisamos cómo surgieron estas máscaras, cómo fueron adquiridas por este museo, cómo fueron exhibidas y qué sucedió con ellas después de que fueron retiradas de la exposición. En segundo lugar, comentamos algunos puntos de discusión en torno a esta colección partiendo del supuesto de que estos materiales representan un patrimonio científico que no sólo da cuenta de la historia de la antropología y el contexto en el que se constituyó, sino que también es factible de ser reactivado en nuevas narrativas.
Molding and casting faces, hands, and feet were part of the various knowledge-making strategies of anthropologists since the 19th century. This study focuses on a collection of facial masks obtained by the German anthropologist Otto Finsch from live subjects of native people from Oceania and held by the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. We’ve analysed the materials, archives, and catalogues; also, oral testimonies of museum workers that were in contact with this collection. Firstly, we revise how these masks came to be, how they were acquired by this museum, how they were exhibited and what happened with them after they were removed from the exhibition. Second, we remark on some points of discussion around this collection on the assumption that these materials represent scientific heritage that not only accounts for the history of anthropology and the context in which it was constituted but that it is also feasible to be reactivated into new narratives.
Molding and casting faces, hands, and feet were part of the various knowledge-making strategies of anthropologists since the 19th century. This study focuses on a collection of facial masks obtained by the German anthropologist Otto Finsch from live subjects of native people from Oceania and held by the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. We’ve analysed the materials, archives, and catalogues; also, oral testimonies of museum workers that were in contact with this collection. Firstly, we revise how these masks came to be, how they were acquired by this museum, how they were exhibited and what happened with them after they were removed from the exhibition. Second, we remark on some points of discussion around this collection on the assumption that these materials represent scientific heritage that not only accounts for the history of anthropology and the context in which it was constituted but that it is also feasible to be reactivated into new narratives.
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