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- Title
ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF ALBERTO VOJTĔCH FRIČ IN THE NÁPRSTEK MUSEUM.
- Authors
Bad'urová, Moruka
- Abstract
Alberto Vojtéch Frič (1882-1944) was a Czech botanist, explorer and ethnologist. He made four exploratory journeys to South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia), at first led by his interest in cacti, later due to a desire of getting to know more about life and culture of the native people from the region of Gran Chaco and Mato Grosso. During his trips he collected a lot of valuable ethnographical material from various tribes (Bororo, Kadiweu, Chamacoco, Pilaga, Sanapaná, Angaite, Toba, Lengua etc.) and part of it he donated to the Náprstek Museum in Prague. This article focuses on this part of his collection acquired mostly during his second journey (1903-1905). Based on the correspondence between Frič and his parents, friends, colleagues and the museum and on extracts from his notes, articles and books, it deals with the course of this trip and his collectors activity. The article is accompained by photographs of representative objects from Fries collection deposited in the Náprstek Museum with a personal comment from Fries notes and with a list of all objects donated personally by A. V. Frič to the Náprstek Museum.
- Subjects
FRIC, Alberto Vojtech, 1882-1944; PHOTOGRAPHY of museum collections; BOTANISTS; ETHNOLOGISTS; INDIGENOUS peoples of Argentina; BORORO (African people); CHAMACOCO (South American people)
- Publication
Annals of the Náprstek Muzeum, 2012, Issue 33, p5
- ISSN
0231-844X
- Publication type
Article