Photographic Estate of Václav Šolc in the Ethnographic Photographic Collection of the Náprstek Museum Jan Šejbl Ethnographer and writer Václav Šolc (1919–1995) utilised photography as an important tool for his research. Presently, he is the second most featured contributor in the Náprstek Museum Ethnographic Photographic Collection. This study employs digitized documentation as well as the images in the…
The Collection of Feather Ornaments from Enrique Stanko Vráz’s Journey across Equatorial America Tereza Melicharová Enrique Stanko Vráz (1860–1932) was a multifaceted individual known for his roles as a traveller, photographer, hunter, and collector of natural history specimens and artifacts from non-European cultures. While travelling through equatorial South America up the Amazon River from 1892 to 1893, he…
The Japanese Collection of Růžena Trnožková Adéla Tůmová This paper deals with the Japanese collection of Růžena Trnožková who lived in Japan in 1918 and collected the Japanese and Chinese objects. In 1936, she donated her collection, which consisted of almost 250 items, to the Náprstek Museum. The collection includes objects mainly made during the 19th…
ULRIKE NOWOTNICK. Ceramic technology, production and use in an urban settlement on the Middle Nile: the pottery assemblage from Late Meroitic Hamadab, Sudan (2nd to 4th Century A.D.). Archäologische Forschungen in Afrika 1. Berlin – Wiesbaden: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut – Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34780/18dd-46z1. Jiří Honzl
