ethnology

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I emailed the collection manager of archaeology and ethnology in the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology to ask about Sandy.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022

It’s an issue the museum has and is continuing to grapple with, said Peter Whiteley, curator of North American ethnology.

From Washington Times • May 13, 2022

"Originally I wanted to do ethnology, to discover the Berber people and my roots," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2021

Ghislane is a professor of ethnology at the Sorbonne who is Mathieu’s second in command.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2016

Next came the U.S. government, seeking to place an Indian exhibit on the island, and then Professor Putnam, the fair’s chief of ethnology, who saw the island as the ideal site for several exotic villages.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson