Hampton Archive, 1982 – 1999

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Summary

Creators:
Dr. O.W. (Bud) Hampton, PhD (1928-2017) Dr. O.W. (Bud) Hampton, PhD
Abstract:
Extent:
approximately 1000 artifacts, more than 20,000 color slides, 200 cassettes, 10 boxes of notes and publications
Language:
Preferred citation:

Hampton Archive. Tracing Patterns Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

The archive documents material culture from the daily and ritual lives of the Papua peoples, particularly the Dani.

Biographical / historical:

The late Dr. Hampton was an Adjunct Curator of Anthropology, University of Colorado Museum, Boulder. He earned his doctorate from Texas A&M University. He also held a master's degree in geology and a master's degree in business from the University of Colorado. As an ethnographer, he studied the material culture of the Dani people of West Papua (formerly named Irian Jaya) during the period from 1982 to 1999. This was a critical period for anthropological study in this region, since the area became safe for travel, while outside influences still remained relatively modest. Dr. Hampton was principally interested in stone tools, but he collected other types of artifacts, photographed, and documented all aspects of Dani's material culture as well as those of nearby cultures. He was the author of "Culture of Stone, Sacred and Profane Uses of Stone Among the Dani."

Acquisition information:
The archive was donated to the Tracing Patterns Foundation in December 2020 by Fleur Hampton.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Please contact us for access information. http://hamptonarchive.tracingpatterns.org/index.html

Terms of access:

@Tracing Patterns Foundation

Preferred citation:

Hampton Archive. Tracing Patterns Foundation

Location of this collection:
972 Euclid Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94708, US