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Photographs of Mississippi Choctaw people

Natural History Museum

Object Details

Photographer

Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987

Collection Creator

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology

Citation

Photo Lot 24 SPC Se Choctaw NAA 4974, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

These photographs were taken by Collins in connection with an anthropomorphic study of the Choctaw. This is part of a series of front and profile portraits of 58 individuals, most of whom are identified. A list of names with respective measurements is in MS 4976. Collins' original negatives for these prints are with his papers.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32b0a0da2-bfc1-45c9-a4d0-d4b0693ff5f7

Local Numbers

NAA MS.4974

Topic

Photographs
Indians of North America -- Southern states

Provenance

Deposited by Dr Henry B. Collins, Archaeologist Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution, 7/1971.

Photographer

Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987

Culture

Choctaw

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Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects
Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Southeast / Choctaw

Extent

42 Prints

Date

1925

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Type

Archival materials
Prints

Other relationship

Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987 Mississippi Choctaw anthropometric notes and calculations, 1925.
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Record ID

ebl-1628133031454-1628133034995-1

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