Eternal Sovereigns

Autorentext

Gloria Jane Bell is Assistant Professor of Art History at McGill University.

Klappentext

Gloria Jane Bell explores the relationship between Indigenous cultures around the world and the Vatican, which holds thousands of works by Indigenous scholars and refuses to return them.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction. A Nomad in the Roman Archives: Writing from the Margins 1

1. Unsettling the Indian Museum in Rome: Ferdinand Pettrich and Edmonia Wildfire Lewis 23
2. “The Most Exhaustive Record of the World’s Progress Ever Displayed”: Pope Pius XI’s Culture of Conquest and Visitors’ Experiences at the Vatican Missionary Exposition 53
3. “A Window on the World” of Colonial Unknowing: Dioramas, Children’s Games, and Missionary Perspectives at the Vatican Missionary Exposition 91
4. Eternal Sovereigns and Ancestral Art: Ancient Archives, Relatives, and Travelers at the Vatican Missionary Exposition 125
   Epilogue. Deus ex Machina: An Indigenous Protester at the Vatican Missionary Exposition 159
   Appendix. Letters on Accessing the Vatican Missionary Ethnological Museum 167
   Notes 171
   Bibliography 207
   Index 231