Representing a cutting-edge study of the junction between theoretical anthropology, material culture studies, religious studies and Museum anthropology, this study examines the interaction between the human and the nonhuman in a Museum setting usually defined as \'non-Western\', \'non-scientific\' and \'religious.\' Combining an on-site analysis of exhibitive spaces with archival research and interviews with Museum curators, the chapters highlight contradictions of Museum practices, and suggests t.
Representing a cutting-edge study of the junction between theoretical anthropology, material culture studies, religious studies and Museum anthropology, this study examines the interaction between the human and the nonhuman in a Museum setting usually defined as \'non-Western\', \'non-scientific\' and \'religious.\' Combining an on-site analysis of exhibitive spaces with archival research and interviews with Museum curators, the chapters highlight contradictions of Museum practices, and suggests t
