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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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Statues of Taoist God (Pusah or U-Er-E) and Two Wives in Dong Yoh Miao Temple; his Lips Smeared With Opium

Men, Staff Members of United Nations Custodial (Peace-Keeping) Forces, India, in Uniform at Brigade Headquarters

Dalhousie Square

Soldiers in Uniform with Pack Horses ?

Group of Men, Hindu Cricket Players, in Costume with Cricket Bats Outside American Mission High School ?

Portrait of Chief in Ceremonial Costume and with Ornaments And Spear

Four Men in Costume, Carrying Piano Suspended from Shoulder Yokes Outside Two-Story Masonry and Wood Building; Another Building Under Construction Nearby

Nageeb and Habeeb Arbeely from Damascus in Costume, Performing Sword Exercise with Swords and Shields (Lecture of Palestine)

Group in Costume, Some with Pipes, Near Bridge of Bamboo And Liana Vines

Three Girls with Face Tattoos and in Costume with Silver Ear Plugs and Ornaments

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Ahmed of Hagi? or Hadji? Tribe and Husband of Aida of Hasan Tribe, in Costume with Sheathed Sword

Two Young Women N Breechcloths with Leaves and Head Beads

Man in Costume, Fishing with Dip Net in Shallow Water Near Shore

Portrait of Chief from Jervis Bay

Portrait of Princess Nerelle of the Moruya Tribe Wearing Animal Skin and with Helienan (Club)

Ceremony ?

Man Outside House of Ananias in Damascus

Boy in Costume and on Horseback Near Stream or River

Five Non-Native Boys, Cub Scouts and Children of Army Employees, in Scout Uniform and Wearing Arabian Headdress, Ghutra (Head- Cloth) and Agal (Rope-Like Headband), Giving Gift to Pilot In Plane

View of Road, Bridge, and Village

Priory of Dervish Monastery; Deli, Warrior? Serving The Grand Vizier; Dervishes in Their Costumes; Santon, Otherwise Known as Calender and Abdal, Man in Costume Lithograph

Woman in Costume

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