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A Glimpse Over the Land and Peoples of Mozambique: The Collections Assembled During the Colonial Period and their Importance for the Rebuilding of the History of Mozambique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Ana Cristina Roque
Affiliation:
Institute for Scientific and Tropical Research (IICT), Lisbon
Livia Ferrão
Affiliation:
Institute for Scientific and Tropical Research (IICT), Lisbon
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Museums as well as other public and private institutions in Portugal and abroad, have collections of a diversified nature assembled during the 20th century in the former Portuguese colonies. Several important collections of archaeological and ethnological objects as well as photographs and documents from Mozambique are known today through scientific papers, publications and exhibitions promoted either by public or private initiatives. However, there are still a number of unknown collections that not only are important vehicles of information regarding the regions and peoples of Mozambique but also provide an important contribution for a better understanding of its history.

The Collection of the Anthropological Mission of Mozambique (AMM), gathered between 1936 and 1956, is an example of the importance of these collections.

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1 This research project has several phases. The first and second phases, which concern the inventory, the organization and the publication of the archaeological and ethnological objects, are now complete.

2 In 1936,1937/38, 1945, 1948 and 1955/56.

3 See Santos Júnior, J.R. dos (1950), Lista dos Trabalhos da Missāo Antropológica de Mozambique, Porto. To this list one must add the works published afterwards by the head of the Mission as well as by other members of his team. See the bibliography in Homenagem a J. R. dos Santos Júnior, vol. I, Lisboa, IICT, 1990, p. 15-16.Google Scholar

4 See for instance Santos Júnior, J.R. dos (1944), “Missāo Antropológica de Moçambique - alguns resultados de duas campanhas” in Revista de las Ciencias, IX (3), Madrid.Google Scholar

5 Roque, Ana Cristina, (2002), “Espólio da Missão antropologica de Moçambique. Parte I - Apresentação do espólio e inventário dos materials arqueológicos”, LEBA, Lisboa, 8, IICT, p. 7-244; and also “Espólio da Missāo Antropológica de Moçambique. Parte II - Inventário dos materials etnoarqueológicos”, LEBA, Lisboa, 9, IICT, (forthcoming).Google Scholar

6 Culturas do Indico, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisboa, 1998; Os Espaços de um Império, Ediffcio da Alfândega do Porto, Porto, 1999.

7 Idem (2000), “Conversas com Artur Mafumo, ñanga da Matola”, Anais de História de Além-Mar, Lisboa, vol.1, p.33-52; Idem (1998) “Mozambique: o Corpo e os Corpos”, Catalogo da Exposição Culturas do Indico, Lisboa, CNCDP, p. 277-290; Idem (1997) “Moçambique: o Corpo e os Corpos - Olhares sobre o corpo através da coleczao da Missao Antropológica de Mozambique”, comunicação apresentada no Colóquio International Cultural do Indico - Perspectivas Culturais e Artistkas, Museu de Arte Antiga, Lisboa, Junho de 1997.

8 We used the “Carta da Pré-História de Moçambique”, published in 1950 in Adas do IX Congresso Luso-Espanhol para o Progresso das Ciências, 4th section, Natural Sciences, T. V, Lisbon, p. 547-656, which is more thorough than the previous ones, included in the publications of 1940,1941,1944, 1946 and 1947. See also note 2.

9 See note 4 with the published bibliography.

10 Santos Júnior, J.R. Dos (1950), “Carta Etnológica de Moçambique”, XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol para o Progresso das Ciências, Lisboa, 4a Secção, Yomo V, pp. 625-645.Google Scholar