Johan Maurits's Brazilian collection: the role of ethnographic gifts in colonial discourse
This dissertation examines the acquisition and dissemination of the famous Brazilian collection of Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679), the governor-general of Dutch Brazil from 1637 to 1644. Maurits amassed an extraordinary collection of ethnographic images and objects while governing the Du...
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/13143 |