Revisiting to Understand: An Evaluation of the Influence of Conservation on the Display Representation of Hernan Cortes’ Funerary Cloth, Mexico
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1 juin 2018
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representation object biography museum display funerary cloth Museo Nacional de Historia Hernan Cortes MexicoSujets proches
Autobiography Legends and stories Autobiography Correspondence, reminiscences, etc Biographies Memoirs Life histories History--BiographyCiter ce document
Laura Gisela García-Vedrenne, « Revisiting to Understand: An Evaluation of the Influence of Conservation on the Display Representation of Hernan Cortes’ Funerary Cloth, Mexico », Intervención (México DF), ID : 10670/1.80m5yz
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: This ESSAY draws upon Igor Kopytoff’s article “The Cultural Biography of Things: Commoditization as Process” (1986) to analyse the cultural biography of Hernan Cortes’ funerary cloth, a remarkable item that is part of the collection of the Museo Nacional de Historia, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (MNH, National Museum of History, National Institute of Anthropology and History), Mexico. By examining the way certain practices (i.e. documentation, conservation treatment and display) recently influenced this artefact’s representation, it offers a critical perspective by integrating the object’s biography. Thus, this ESSAY adds to recent debates regarding the impact of conservation on museum interpretation.