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The Annual Report of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Volume 40 Spring 2015
Robert W. Preucel
Announcements
Assemblages Program
Mellon Teaching Fellows
Appointed
Faculty News
Douglas Anderson Retires from
Anthropology Department
Douglas Anderson has retired from the Department of Anthropology as of June 30, 2014. He remains active as ever and will continue as Director
of the Museums Circumpolar Laboratory.
Staff News
Assemblages
Background
The Museum community, including universitybased art museums and anthropology museums,
is deeply entangled in a series of key debates
about the interrelationships of culture and
society. One line of investigation has addressed
art and aesthetics. From this perspective, art is
valued because it facilitates the contemplation
Assemblages
On Assemblages
The term assemblage is a rich concept that crosses a wide variety of fields. In the visual
arts, it refers to the making of artistic compositions by putting together found objects. In
archaeology, the term describes a group of artifacts found in close temporal and spatial
association, that is to say, in context. In literary studies, assemblage is a key analytical
concept related to desire and the state of becoming. In science studies, assemblage is
linked to heterogeneous networks of people and things.
Project Components
1) W
e are creating a group of Mellon Teaching
Fellows drawn from the faculties of both of our
institutions. These scholars are making use
of our collections in their teaching pedagogy,
they are developing innovative exhibitions, and
they are conducting cutting-edge research. We
expect that a significant number of students
(approximately 100) will be involved in these
innovative courses over the term of the project.
2) W
e are establishing annual teaching
workshops led by our staff to introduce fellows
and other interested faculty to best practices
related to object-based teaching. Fellows
will also lead a workshop reporting on the
outcomes of their pedagogical experiences
at the ends of their appointments.
2015-2016 term
Graham Oliver is Professor
of Classics and History at
Brown University. He teaches
undergraduate and graduate
courses in Greek history and
literature and has directed and
taught international graduate
programs in epigraphy at Oxford
University and the British School
at Athens. He has authored,
edited, or co-edited numerous
books including The Epigraphy
of Death: Studies in the History
and Society of Greece and Rome
(Liverpool University Press,
2000), Hellenistic Economies
(Routledge, 2001), and War, Food,
and Politics in Early Hellenistic
Athens (Oxford University Press, 2007). He has
recently co-edited a collection of essays, Cultures
of Commemoration: War Memorials, Ancient and
Modern (Oxford University Press, 2012), which
examines commemorative practices in Western
culture from the fifth century B.C.E. through the
World Wars and to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Multidisciplinary design
practitioner, artist, and
RISD educator Amy
Leidtke is an engaged
scholar with over twenty
years professional
experience in research,
participatory design,
strategic and master
planning, exhibit and
product development
and design, curriculum
design, educational
symposia, and public
speaking. Sample RISD
studio courses include
Curiosita: Practical
Applications for Innovative
Thinking, Introduction to Industrial Design,
Sketching and Rendering for Industrial Design,
Nature-Inspired Design Innovation, and Industrial
Design Graduate Studio. Recent independent
research activities involve creating design
education products and experiences for K-12
students and educators.
Assemblages
Assemblages
Digital Translations
Sophia Sobers
Department of Digital + Media
Mellon Photography Assistant
Teaching
Teaching
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Research
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Research
In Search of Embudo
Robert W. Preucel
Director of the Haffenreffer
Museum of Anthropology
Severin M. Fowles
Department of Anthropology,
Columbia University
On January 29, 1694, Diego de Vargas, the
Governor of New Mexico, captured a Pueblo
Indian at Namb Pueblo. The man, named
Nicolas, related that he had come to Namb with
another Indian to get maize to take to the outpost
they called Embudo. He described its location
as being next to the box canyon of the Rio del
Norte on the way to Picuris Pueblo from San
Juan Pueblo. He reported that the Tano Indians
from San Lazaro and San Cristobal Pueblos
were there, as well as most of the inhabitants of
Tesuque Pueblo. Vargas was disturbed to learn
this information. Embudo, and the other mesatop
villages established by the Northern Rio Grande
pueblos after the Revolt of 1680, represented
severe threats to his reconquest program.
Archaeologists have only recently begun to
document systematically these mesa villages
and interpret their social roles in the post-Pueblo
Revolt period. The senior author has conducted
archaeological survey and mapping at Kotyiti (Old
Cochiti) in the Cochiti district. Matt Liebmann has
mapped Patokwa, Astialakwa, Boletsakwa and
Archaic panel
possibly relocated
to trailhead
grid north
datum
Tra
il
= Smeared Indented Corrugated sherd
= Archaic panel
= obsidian flake
= Catholic panel
= metal object
= other panel
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true N
LA 179595
= large Archaic panel with Late Pueblo additions
grid N
20 m
Research
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Research
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Research
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Research
Graduate Student, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brett Kaufman
Postdoctoral Fellow, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
David Elitzer
Undergraduate Student, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Susan E. Alcock
Director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
The corpus of artifacts collectively known as
Luristan bronzes, dating to 1300-650 BCE and
originating from the Luristan region of Western
Iran, rank among the most problematic of
archaeological artifacts. Numerous museum
examples have dubious archaeological
provenance, since they came from illegal rather
than controlled excavations and were then sold
on the art market. Further, their portability and
charm make them good candidates for forgery.
The Haffenreffer Museum has 20 Luristan
bronzes with poorly understood provenances and
dates. Mge Durusu-Tanrver cataloged them
during a Joukowsky Institute proctorship with the
Haffenreffer Museum in 2012. At the end of this
project, which used stylistic and archival evidence,
many questions regarding the authenticity of
the artifacts arose, and scientific analysis was
envisioned to be the next step.
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Collections
Kevin P. Smith
Deputy Director/Chief Curator
In May 2014, I was surprised when a colleague
in arctic research, Stephen Loring, wrote to ask
whether the Haffenreffer Museum would be
interested in a collection of Maya artifacts from
the estate of a distant relative, John C. Scheffler,
who had accompanied E. Wyllys Andrews IV to
Mexico in the early 1960s on Tulanes project to
map the ancient Maya city of Dzibilchaltn. Mr.
Scheffler never returned to archaeology after
that expedition, but he acquired a large collection
there that his heirs sought to place in a university
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New Acquisitions
Thierry Gentis, Curator/NAGPRA Coordinator
Significant collections, including 639 objects from
Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, the Caribbean, and
Oceania, along with two photographic collections with
168 images were added to the Museums collections
this past year through purchases, bequests, and the
generosity of many benefactors. Donors have found
the Museum an appropriate home for their collections
in large part because of the Haffenreffers mission
to deploy its collections for research and education.
Indeed, many of these new acquisitions are already
in the Museums Manning Hall exhibition gallery and
CultureLab for use in teaching and student research.
Among these are a spectacular Pre-Columbian gold
ornament from the Tairona culture of Colombias
Caribbean coast, given by anonymous donors and
currently on display in CultureLab for Ian Straughns
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The objects and images on pages 18-21 represent a small sample of the new acquisitions accepted by the
Haffenreffer Museum this past year. Although space prevents us from showing all of these gifts or recognizing
all of our donors, these provide a sense of the richness and diversity of the donations.
A. N
yamwezi healing figure, early 20th century, Tanzania.
Anonymous gift.
H. D
etail from a textile with condors and camelids, mid-20th
century, Bolivia. Gift of Diana Baker.
B. E
we shrine figure, 20th century, Togo. Gift of Cesare
Decredico.
I. M
ikmaq birch bark box with porcupine quillwork, late 19th
century, Nova Scotia. Gift of Elizabeth Gebhard.
C. S
hipibo janiform ceramic vessel, mid-20th century, Peru. Gift
of Edward Dwyer in memory of Jane P. Dwyer.
J. P
re-Columbian Maya ceramic vessels, Mexico, primarily
Late Postcclassic, A.D. 1200-1519. The John C. Scheffler
Teaching Collection; gift of the John C. Scheffler estate.
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airona gold double spiral ornament, A.D. 1000-1500,
Colombia. Anonymous gift.
E. T
aino ceramic figurative vessel spout, A.D. 1200-1500.
Dominican Republic. Gift of Lauren Butler Fay, Brown 01.
F. T
aino bone carving of a Zemi (deity), A.D. 1200-1500,
Dominican Republic. Gift of Lauren Butler Fay, Brown 01.
G. T
aino figurative stone pestle, A.D. 1200-1500, Dominican
Republic. Gift of Alison Collins Fay, Brown 99.
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K. F
on silver bracelet, early 20th century, Republic of Benin.
Gift of Dwight B. Heath and Anna Cooper.Heath.
L. T
aino zoomorphic shell ornament, A.D. 1200-1500.
Dominican Republic. Gift of Lauren Butler Fay, Brown 01.
M. C
hert retouched blade, Archaic period (ca. 2,000-4,000 BC),
Dominican Republic. Gift of Alison Collins Fay, Brown 99.
oman spinning cotton in a workshop at Inle Lake, Myanmar, 2014. Photograph by Philip Lieberman.
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Gift of Marcia Lieberman.
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Collections
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Collections
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Education
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Education
Reaching Out
Geralyn Ducady
Curator for Programs and Education
Our Culture CaraVan outreach program offers
eight hands-on programs using objects from
the Museums education collection to provide
enhanced understandings of the worlds cultures
for K-12 schools throughout Rhode Island and
adjacent parts of Massachusetts. The favorites
this year were Native Peoples of New England,
Culture Connect, and Dig It: Exploring Archaeology.
Our programs are designed to meet current state
and Common Core standards but are tailored
to a wide range of audiences, within and beyond
schools. These programs, run by Kathleen
Silvia reach about 3,000 participants each year!
Education collections assistant Christopher
LaChapelle has been working with Geralyn
and Kathy to reorganize and conserve the
educational collections.
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Education
Intern Reflections
Christopher LaChapelle is a
class of 2015 Anthropology
student at the University of
Rhode Island.
Christopher LaChapelle
Since September of 2014, I have been working as
a collections assistant intern for the Haffenreffer
Museums education department. While Ive
primarily been involved in inventorying and
organizing the education collection, I have also
had the chance to spend time in our conservation
lab addressing parasite infestations and cleaning
items that just needed a little love.
This work has provided me opportunities to get
my hands on some of the most fascinating things
theyll ever touch. But, even more amazing than
that, working on the education collection gives
me the chance to support younger students
in their learning through the Haffenreffers
outreach programs. Writing from my own
experience, this is absolutely invaluable: it was
frequent attendance at museums and museum
programming that helped me discover my
passion for anthropology and eventually led me
to museum work, which I can easily say has been
some of the most fulfilling of my life.
Molly Kerker
Keller Anne Bumgardner
receives her MA in Urban
Education Policy from Brown
University this May.
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Education
Rachel Himes
As a Haffenreffer Museum education intern, I
taught four-year olds that visited from the Brown/
Fox Point Early Childhood Education Center,
Inc. The lesson I developed with the Images of
Power: Rulership in the Grasslands of Cameroon
exhibit continued their exploration of symbols.
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Acknowledgements
Institutional Partners
Muse du quai Branly
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Museum of Scotland
Danish National Museum/Nationalmuseet
Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen
Greenland National Museum/Nunatta Katersugaasivia/Grnlands Nationalmuseum
Historical Museum of the Faroe Islands/Froya Fornminnissavn
National Museum of Iceland/jminjasafn slands
The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland/Minjastofnun slands
Icelandic Institute of Natural History/Nttrufristofnun slands
University of Iceland/Hskli slands
Snorrastofa Cultural/Research Centre
Icelandic Archaeological Institute/Fornleifastofnun slands
National Archives of Iceland/jskjalasafn slands
Smithsonian Institution, Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Cochiti Pueblo
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