Arctic Riches Revealed in Swiss Museum Ethnographic Collections, Text: Florian Gredig, Igor Krupnik, and Martin Schultz

«A land-locked nation in the heart of Europe, with no Navy or any colonial ambitions throughout its long history Switzerland is an unlikely candidate for a ‘hub’ of Arctic ethnographic collecting. Yet, thanks to a long-established tradition of academic learning and many industrious and devoted private citizens, Swiss museums were able to amass a substantial number of ethnographic and archaeological collections from various parts of the Arctic. Only recently did these ‘Arctic treasures’ receive some public and scholarly attention; this short paper is the first attempt to summarize the ethnographic (and partly archaeological) collections from the North that are housed at many Swiss museums.»

Kunst & Kontext # 17 Juni 2019, Seite 23-32; zum PDF