The Himalayan Journey of Walter N. Koelz

The Himalayan Journey of Walter N. Koelz
Author: Carla M. Sinopoli
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0915703807

In the fall of 1932, University of Michigan naturalist Walter N. Koelz traveled to northwest India to lead a scientific collecting expedition in the rugged Himalayan regions of Western Tibet. Some eighteen months later he returned to the United States with a remarkable collection of biological specimens and an array of objects—Buddhist paintings, ritual objects, textiles, and household goods—acquired from monasteries, households, and merchants. This book presents the diary entries Koelz wrote at the end of each day throughout his expedition, recounting in detail each day’s travels, bookended by a chapter contextualizing his acquisition of sacred Buddhist objects and an appendix that presents previously unpublished thangka paintings that he collected.

Wrapped in Beauty

Wrapped in Beauty
Author: Grace Beardsley
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0915703602

This richly illustrated volume examines the remarkable Kashmiri shawls of the Walter Koelz Collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. Part I presents the history, production, forms, and ornamentation of Kashmiri shawls, focusing on the impact of social contexts and the advent of the Jacquard loom on shawl development. Part II is a detailed descriptive catalogue of the shawls in the Koelz Collection. An accompanying CD-ROM includes color illustrations of the shawls in the collection as well as a transcribed manuscript by Koelz.

Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge

Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge
Author: Kerstin Barndt
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0472122649

Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge explores the museums, libraries, and special collections of the University of Michigan on its bicentennial. Since its inception, U-M has collected and preserved objects: biological and geological specimens; ethnographic and archaeological artifacts; photographs and artistic works; encyclopedia, textbooks, rare books, and documents; and many other items. These vast collections and libraries testify to an ambitious vision of the research university as a place where knowledge is accumulated, shared, and disseminated through teaching, exhibition, and publication. Today, two hundred years after the university’s founding, museums, libraries, and archives continue to be an important part of U-M, which maintains more than twenty distinct museums, libraries, and collections. Viewed from a historic perspective, they provide a window through which we can explore the transformation of the academy, its public role, and the development of scholarly disciplines over the last two centuries. Even as they speak to important facets of Michigan’s history, many of these collections also remain essential to academic research, knowledge production, and object-based pedagogy. Moreover, the university’s exhibitions and displays attract hundreds of thousands of visitors per year from the campus, regional, and global communities. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs of these world-renowned collections, this book will appeal to readers interested in the history of museums and collections, the formation of academic disciplines, and of course the University of Michigan.

Persian Diary, 1939-1941

Persian Diary, 1939-1941
Author: Walter N. Koelz
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 093220693X

Naturalist and zoologist Walter Koelz traveled to Iran on a project of plant exploration (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture) from late 1939 to early 1941. With him were three companions: Rup Chand, Wangyel, and Rinchen Gialtsen. Together they brought back 3000 seed samples, 4000 herbarium specimens, and a collection of bird skins. Koelz’s diary of that journey is presented in this volume, with an introduction by Henry T. Wright. Includes dozens of black and white photos.

The Vijayanagara Metropolitan Survey, Vol. 1

The Vijayanagara Metropolitan Survey, Vol. 1
Author: Carla M. Sinopoli
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0915703653

Vijayanagara, the “City of Victory,” was the capital of South India’s largest and most successful pre-colonial empire from c. AD 1330-1565. This richly illustrated volume reports on the results of a ten-year systematic regional archaeological survey in the hinterland or “metropolitan region” of this vast and well-preserved urban site.