Peter Westerdijk
Peter Westerdijk (* 1946 ) is a Dutch cultural anthropologist , expert on African weapons and a collector of African art.
He followed the research of his father Heinrich Westerdijk (1914-27 December 2001) who was also an expert on African weapons. From 1971 to 1976 Peter Westerdijk lectured on cultural anthropology at the University of Utrecht . His highly regarded dissertation The African throwing knife. A style analysis from 1988 continues his father's work and defines style provinces as a system of order for African throwing irons .
Publications
- African Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools and Regalia: Collection of Frederick & Claire Mebel , Hillwood Art Gallery, School of the Arts, Long Island University, CW Post Campus, 1984
- The African throwing knife: a style analysis 1988, ISBN 9090023550
- Title Symbols of Wealth: Abstractions in African Metalwork , M. Ward Verlag, 1988
- The Cutting Edge: West Central African 19th Century Throwing Knives in the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden , Verlag National Museum of Ethnology, 2006, ISBN 9054500077
Web links
- Biography at African Art Archives ( Memento from June 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Biography at David Norden African Antiques ( Memento from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marc Leopold Felix: Kipinga. Throwing Blades of Central Africa. Throwing blades from Central Africa. Verlag Fred Jahn, Munich 1991, p. 9.
- ^ Review by Patrick McNaughton, Indiana University
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| SURNAME | Westerdijk, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cultural anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |