Museum Magic Memory : Curating Paul Denys Montague
ADAMS Julie
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- Edition: 1
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In 2012, a chance encounter between a curator and a century-old expedition journal occurred in the archives of a Cambridge museum. The journal was written by a young anthropologist, Paul Denys Montague, and recorded his travels in the South Pacific Islands of New Caledonia in 1914, where he became fascinated with the culture of the local Kanak people. Returning to Cambridge at the outbreak of World War One, Montague deposited his journal and a collection of Kanak objects in the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology and left to join the Royal Flying Corps. A talented artist, musician and member of Rupert Brookes Neo-pagan set, his promising career was cut short when his plane was shot down ...
Publication date: 2019-03-28
Number of pages: 190
Publisher: Sidestone Press
Status: NOT YET PUBLISHED
Subjects:
Non-fiction, Pasifika, Pacific Art And Crafts, New Caledonia, Published in the Netherlands
Alfred Street (University of Auckland Store)