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

“Pools are the most interesting public sphere in the country,” said Valdimar Hafstein, a professor of folklore and ethnology at the University of Iceland who studies Icelandic bathing culture.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2021

Along with Ms. Halderman, Mr. Pecore worked on the project with the museum’s curator of North American ethnology, Peter Whiteley, who said the diorama’s problems came up early in his tenure, which began in 2001.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2019

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