Anthropolgy

Expeditions were made to expand the Kunstkamera's collections. I.G. Vosnsenski (and others) traveled to Alaska and acquired everything from Eskimo (Aleut) artifacts to US newspapers over two centuries. Today the Anthropology branch houses 11,000 artifacts 1,000 of which are credited to Voznesenski. Thanks to the early expeditions in the 1760's to Alaska, Siberia, and other northern regions, much was learned before their heritage was scarred by trade and foreign influence. There is record of a pictographical writing system created by an Alaskan named Tynevil. There are also reports about how American citizens of Eskimo birth were denied entry to American schools. Russia's anthropological research of supposedly less advanced people revealed how the Alaskan natives were mistreated by the American government. Much of the best anthropological information on Siberian, and Alaskan peoples is housed in the Kunstkamera museum of anthropology and Ethnography.

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