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DOCUMENT Citation Only Beatrix Hoffmann-Ihde.

The majority of ethnographic museum-collections were generally created to show a distinct indigenous culture based on examples from the material culture. These collections were created to give the impression that the features of a certain material culture, recognizable in form, design and material, are essential and genuine to a particular indigenous group. My research in the field of Museum-Ethnology, investigating transcultural processes reflected in objects of material culture, refers to...