Tythacott (museology, U. of Manchester) follows a group of images she calls the Puto Five through a succession of exhibitionary realms from the temple in China where they were worshiped for
centuries by devout pilgrims, through the temple to industry that was the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, evolutionary museum displays of the late 19th century where they signified stages of
racial development, and the 1930s when they were objects of Oriental art, to their latest appearance in the Buddhism section of the World Cultures gallery in 2005. Her main focus is on the
meanings of the lives of the figures, but she also looks at them back-stage, between shows, in the quiet storerooms of the museums. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
