Eternal Sovereigns

List of Illustrations  ix
Acknowledgments  xv
Introduction. A Nomad in the Roman Archives: Writing from the Margins  1
1. Unsettling the Indian Museum in Rome: Ferdinand Pettrich and Edmonia Wildfire Lewis  23
2. “The Most Exhaustive Record of the World’s Progress Ever Displayed”: Pope Pius XI’s Culture of Conquest and Visitors’ Experiences at the Vatican Missionary Exposition  53
3. “A Window on the World” of Colonial Unknowing: Dioramas, Children’s Games, and Missionary Perspectives at the Vatican Missionary Exposition  91
4. Eternal Sovereigns and Ancestral Art: Ancient Archives, Relatives, and Travelers at the Vatican Missionary Exposition  125
Epilogue. Deus ex Machina: An Indigenous Protester at the Vatican Missionary Exposition  159
Appendix. Letters on Accessing the Vatican Missionary Ethnological Museum  167
Notes  171
Bibliography  207
Index  231