Descriptive analysis and documentation of ethnographic collections.

Authors

  • María Marta Reca Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Museo de La Plata. Departamento Científico de Etnografía
  • Diego Gobbo Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Museo de La Plata. Departamento Científico de Arqueología

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.1998.109547

Keywords:

Documentation - Ethnographic objects - Description - Information - Register.

Abstract

The documentation of ethnographic collections in museums requires a reflexive process which starts from a contextual definition of the ethnographic object. We present here an example for the construction of standardized descriptive languages and a model of register that arises from the analysis of a corpus of masks. In this way we put into focus the vinculation of the primary data (direct observation) with secondary data (the ethnographic text) which allows for discriminating the most significant traits, and distinguishing levels of information according to the analytical depth adopted by the researcher.

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Published

1998-12-02

Issue

Section

Studies in Archaeoacoustics and the use of digital technologies

How to Cite

RECA, María Marta; GOBBO, Diego. Descriptive analysis and documentation of ethnographic collections. Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 8, p. 241–255, 1998. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.1998.109547. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/revmae/article/view/109547.. Acesso em: 26 dec. 2024.