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Collectors and collections
This section looks at each Amazon collector in turn and summarises their collection. Where RAMM also has other material from the same collector, this is mentioned. The section begins by investigating the two largest collections, those of Peek and Carvalho. It then turns to summarising the information we have about other collectors, in alphabetical order.
Under each collection, the cultural groups represented are introduced. Most of the biographical information comes from RAMM's archives. Cambridge University libraries and the Internet were also searched for references to each collector.
Other UK museums with Amazonian collections were contacted, to find out whether material relating to the same collections exists elsewhere. However, due to the large number of collectors involved, it has not been possible to undertake further archival research at this stage. The areas in which this might prove most fruitful have been highlighted.
Kuikuru ear ornaments from Xingu National Park
