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Division of Ethnology photograph collection

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Sultan in Uniform and Wearing Medals and Five Men, Entourage, In Costume with Daggers and Swords on Ship's Deck; Group of Men, Including Some Non-Native Sailors, Behind Them
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Object Details

Scope and Contents

Consists of photographs collected by the United States National Museum (USNM) Division of Ethnology and later by the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA). Coverage is worldwide outside North America. Most of the items are photographic prints, some in albums. There are also negatives, photomechanical prints, artwork, and newsclippings. For the most part, the material is historical or ethnological, including images of specimens, portraits, and scenes of daily activity. Some landscape views are also included.
sova.naa.photolot.97

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3361718ad-0211-4be3-805f-10163a0c4dc2

Creator

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology

Creator

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection

Extent

14,500 Items

Date

ca. 1860s-1960s

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Identifier

NAA.PhotoLot.97

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Drawings
Clippings

Citation

Photo lot 97, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Arrangement

Arranged by geographic area, generally following George P. Murdockʹs Outline of World Cultures.

Genre/Form

Photographs
Drawings
Clippings
NAA.PhotoLot.97
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Record ID

ebl-1628120086765-1628120087354-0

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Man in Costume Painting

Portrait (Front) of Man, 42 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Stucco House with Thatched Roof, Government Building, Used As Temporary Laboratory by "Albatross"

Greeting Card Silkscreen

Non-Native Man Near Breadfruit Tree and Pole and Thatch House with Woven Mat Blinds

Pole and Thatch House with Woven Bamboo Walls Near Coast; View of Moorea Island in Background

Portrait (Profile) of Woman, 31 Years Old, from Zerawschan and Syr-Daria District, Russian Turkestan (Now Kazakh SSR), in Costume

Ceremony, Shah Nasr Ed-Din's Funeral

North America

Medicine Horn Drawing

Object

Group in Costume with Ornaments, Turtles Outside Pole and Thatch House

Adler/Albert

Igorot

View of Village Showing Pole Houses with Thatch Roofs in Jungle

Hori Kingi Te Anaua, Wanganui Chief Photograph of Painting

Man Wearing Skull Cap Drawing

Bambara

Portrait of Weddi (Vencente), Young Man, 18 Years Old, with Body Paint and Wearing Beaded Choker

Portrait of Woman Holding Infant; Both in Costume

Assami

Music

Portrait (Front) of Hindu Man, 20 Years Old, from Zerawschan and Syr-Daria District, Russian Turkestan (Now Kazakh SSR), in Costume

View of Makatea Island Coastline from Coastline

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