Chanukka-Eisen: Ethnography, Museums and “Hanukkah Lamps of Iron” from Rural Germany

This case study combines the disciplines of art history, community history, and ethnographic fieldwork to identify a group of museum objects within their cultural context. It shows how ethnography can be used to supplement the tool box available to the art historian in a positive way. Thus, private...

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Main Author: Goldman-Ida, Batsheva (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Images
Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-77
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