>> "Henry B. Crawford"<[log in to unmask]> writes,
>> >I am investigating the representation of native peoples in museums,
>> >particularly the use of dioramas.  Can any body help me? This part of a
>> >larger post-doc project looking at this and issues surrounding
>> >repatriation.  I am looking at the relationship between museum
>> >representations and repatriation policies (if there is one).
>> >I look forward to anything that anyone may have with respect to the
>> >history of the diorama or representations.
>
>As part of a larger project, ca 1987-88, I produced a "Brief Illustrated
>Report on the Manikins, Lay Figures and Life Groups Illustrating North
>American Ethnology in the National Museum of Natural History" (or some
>such title). It covered all, or almost all, of the North American
>manikined dioramas in the Smithsonian from ca 1879 thru 1987, pointing out
>that a number of the currently displayed manikins were made for the 1893
>Columbian Exposition, and several of the figures have changed ethnicity
>(as in real life, ethnicity is variable). I have the original. A copy is
>in the National Anthropological Archives, NMNH.
>
>tk


Sorry to disappoint, but I did *not* write that.  Your system must have
placed my name on someone else's response by mistake.  No damage done here,
but this happened to me one other time on another list, with the result
that insulting remark by someone else was quoted and attributed to me.  It
was an honest mistake, but it stained my personal integrity.

PLEASE, PLEASE, when posting responses make sure you are quoting the right
person.

Thanks

HBC

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