Fuegia in the monastery. A first and complete record of the collection of indigenous Fuegian artifacts transferred by Martin Gusinde to the Sankt Gabriel Monastery (Austria)
In this paper, we present the description and analysis of the collection of ethnographic Fuegian artifacts gathered and transferred by Martin Gusinde to the Monastery of Sankt Gabriel in Vienna, Austria. This collection was assembled by the German ethnographer and priest during his fieldwork with th...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/12654 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=12654_oai |
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| Sumario: | In this paper, we present the description and analysis of the collection of ethnographic Fuegian artifacts gathered and transferred by Martin Gusinde to the Monastery of Sankt Gabriel in Vienna, Austria. This collection was assembled by the German ethnographer and priest during his fieldwork with the indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego, the Selk’nam, Yagan, and Kawésqar, between 1918 and 1924. The collection includes 292 artifacts, of which 82 are of Selk’nam origin, 96 of Yagan origin, and 50 of Kawésqar origin; 9 Yagan or Kawésqar objects, and 55 cataloged as “Fuegian” but whose ethnic origin remains undetermined. We analyze this collection by society and artifact class to show that it is a heterogeneous and ethnographically representative collection of each Fuegian people, reflecting both the ethnographer’s selection and the agencies of indigenous communities. Finally, we demonstrate how the systematic study ofthis collection allows, on the one hand, to unveil new elements about the formation processes of the ethnographic record and, on the other hand, to decode multiple social, historical, and cultural implications that underlie it, contributing to recognize its value and interpret it from a community and heritage perspective. This assessment directly involves the communities of the Fuegian Native Peoples, with whom we began a whereabouts information process of this collection and a consensus on future steps in the research. |
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