THE TEN KATE COLLECTION 1882-1888 [SOLD]

During two years of fieldwork in the American West in the 1880s, the Dutch anthropologist Hermann ten Kate (1858–1931) assembled a sizable collection of Native American artifacts. These pieces, ranging from utilitarian tools to exquisite works of art, are important especially because of their well-documented collection history and early date of acquisition. Some of the objects—the vast majority of which are today housed in the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden—represent the oldest preserved specimens of their kind. This catalog presents the complete collection and places the artifacts in their cultural and historical context by drawing on Ten Kate’s own travel diaries and anthropological studies spanning more than a century of research, as well as Native American oral traditions.

THE TEN KATE COLLECTION  1882 - 1888

By Pieter Hovens

American Indian Material Culture

National Museum of Ethnology Leiden, The Netherlands

With contributions by Duane Anderson, Ted Brasser, Laura van Broekhoven, Alan Ferg, Ruth B. Phillips, Marian E. Rodee, and David R. Wilcox

Softcover, first edition, 2010.  282 pages, illustrations in color

Table of Contents

Collecting Native America:

- Herman ten Kate, Anthropology, and Fieldwork in the American West

The Northeast:

- Indians of the Great Lakes and Woodlands

Western Arizona:

- The River and Upland Yumans

The Southern Great Basin

The O’odham:

- Papago and Pima

The Apache

The Pueblo Peoples

The Hopi:

- People of the Mesas

The Navajo:

- Shepherds and Weavers of the Colorado Plateau

The Zuni

Equestrian Warriors:

- Indians of the Plains

Indian Territory:

- Civilized and Wild Tribes

Mexico

Archaeology

Index