Andreas Lommel
Andreas Lommel (born July 19, 1912 in Munich ; † January 9, 2005 ) was a German ethnologist .
He received his doctorate in 1937 under Leo Frobenius at the University of Frankfurt. From 1937 to 1940 he was a research assistant at the Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt am Main. From 1957 he was the successor to Heinrich Ubbelohde-Doering, director of the State Museum for Ethnology in Munich . His main areas of work include the native people of Australia .
He was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit.
Publications (selection)
- (Ed.): Indians from the Amazon. Arts and crafts of the Indians of tropical South America. Exhibition catalog, State Museum of Ethnology, Munich 1960.
- The world of the early hunters . 1965; second expanded edition: Shamans and Medicine Men - Magic and Mysticism of Early Cultures. Callwey, Munich 1980.
- Prehistory and primitive peoples: cave paintings, totems, jewelry, masks, ceramics, weapons (published in 1966 in the series Landmarks of the World's Art under Prehistoric and Primitive Man , Paul Hamlyn Ltd. London), Treasures of World Art - Volume 1 , Bertelsmann Kunstverlag Reinhard Mohn, Gütersloh, 1968, p. 175 and photo credit.
- Progress to Nothing: The Modernization of the Primitives of Australia. Description and definition of mental decline. Zurich 1969. Revised edition by Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-548-32032-5 .
Web links
- SUB Goettingen
- Entry in the Africa Library ( Memento from January 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 13, 2005, p. 30.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lommel, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ethnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 2005 |