On December 13, 2010, Dr. Ann Peters, Dr. Clark Erickson (Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania), Dr. Anne Tiballi (Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University) and Jeanette Nicewinter (Intern, American Section, Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania), came to Bryn Mawr College to look at examples in our Peruvian textile collection, which includes more than 400 pieces. The purpose of the visit was both to assist BMC in cataloging Peruvian textiles and to give these visiting scholars a sense of the scope of the BMC collections. Their expertise in Andean textiles was invaluable as they helped us catalog dozens of textiles
As a result of this meeting, BMC is going to launch a test OMEKA site during the Spring 2011 where outside researchers can access records for many of our Peruvian collections. This project will assist us in identification and cataloging the collections, and we hope our collections will also benefit other institutions searching for comparanda of similar objects.
From left to right: Dr. Ann Peters, Dr. Anne Tibali, Caitlin Fregoe, Marianne Weldon, Emily Croll, and Jeanette Nicewinter.
From left to right; Dr. Clark Erickson, Dr. Ann Peters, Marianne Weldon, and Dr. Anne Tiballi looking at a Peruvian textile in the BMC Collection.
Could you tell me if there is a location on-line where I could view the Peruvian textile collection, if it has indeed been photographed?
Many thanks
Mack
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I would like to write to Dr. Ann Peters, could you please gime me her email adresse?
Thank you very much.
Soledad Mujica
I was hoping to visit peru soon for a photography cousre. Thanks for the post on the collections!
Sounds exciting! Has this been done yet and can we see the textiles online?
Currently our online collections database is only available to the tri-college community. We plan on making it available to everyone during the 2011-2012 academic year, probably in the Spring of 2012.
I have emailed your request for contact information to Dr. Peters so she can contact you directly.
Currently our online collections database is only available to the tri-college community. We plan on making it available to everyone during the 2011-2012 academic year, probably in the Spring of 2012.
Could you please confirm if the Peruvian collection database is up and running. If so how can I access the database?
Thank you
Rodrick
Though development on the Omeka site has stalled, items from the Peruvian collections can be browsed here:
http://brynmawrcollections.org/home/collections