Günther Hartmann

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Günther Hartmann (born January 13, 1924 in Berlin ; † December 9, 2012 there ) was a German ethnologist .

Life

Günther Hartmann in 1959 at the Free University of Berlin Dr. phil. obtained his doctorate and in 1962 accepted a position as a research assistant at the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin. In 1967 he received a lectureship at the Free University, in 1969 he became curator and in 1971 chief curator of the Berlin State Museums . In 1982 he was appointed honorary professor at the Free University. From 1985 until his retirement in 1989 he headed the American Indigenous Peoples Department at the Berlin Ethnographic Museum.

From 1980 to 1983 Hartmann was chairman of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory , of which he became an honorary member.

His research focus was the indigenous peoples of South America. The private collection that he brought together with his wife Ursula enriched numerous exhibitions.

From 1963 to 1989 he published the journal for ethnology .

Honors

Publications (selection)

  • Alcoholic beverages from indigenous people of South America . Dissertation, Berlin 1958
  • (Ed.) World of Indians: Culture and Art of the Indians of North America , Recklinghausen 1965
  • Masks of South American primitive peoples , publications of the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin: Department American primitive peoples vol. 1, Berlin 1967
  • Silver jewelry of the Araucans, Chile , publications of the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin: Department American Indigenous Peoples, Vol. 4, Berlin 1974
  • Molakana: Folk art of the Cuna Panama , publications of the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin: Department American Indigenous Peoples Vol. 6, Berlin 1980,
  • Xingú: Among the Indians in Central Brazil , Berlin 1986, ISBN 978-3-49601033-3

literature

Web links

  • Interview germananthropology.com from January 25, 2011

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice, Tagesspiegel from December 16, 2012, p. 14
personal data
SURNAME Hartmann, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 2012
Place of death Berlin