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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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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3361718ad-0211-4be3-805f-10163a0c4dc2
NAA.PhotoLot.97
NAA

Record ID

ebl-1628120086765-1628120087354-0

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Man, Priest, with Special Headdress, Preparing Sacred Water in Basket Container Prior to Sacrifice; Another Man with Pipe and Children Nearby

Woman, Possibly Mura Clan, Michibambin Village? with Finished Pottery and Tool for Shaping Pottery

Group of Men with Non-Native Man Outside Agency Masonry Buildings with Thatch Roofs

Object

Young Woman in Costume with Indian Tea Kettle and Brass Cooking Vessels at Hearth Inside Longhouse; Drying Rack for Meat And Fish Above Fire

Young Woman in Costume with Chaddar (Woven Shawl) Beside Plank Door of Bamboo Longhouse

Four Women in Costume, One Veiled, Outside Mud Brick Wall And Towers of Casbah

669 Helmet, Split-Bamboo Wicker Work Covered With Netting

Lower Class Woman with Nose Plugs and Face Tattoo and In Costume, Weaving on Back-Strap Loom Outside Woven Bamboo House

Woman Wearing Nose Ornaments and in Costume, Carrying Infant

Ang (Chief) of Pongchaw in Traditional Chief's Costume, Wearing Four Brass Heads on Necklace Indicating He Has Taken Four Heads, and Carrying Gun and Dao (Knife)

Great Ang (Chief) in Costume, Wearing Burmese Tiger Robe And Holding Whisk and Spear, in Front of Menhir Commemorating Conquest (Also Place of Ritual Sacrifice)

Man in Costume with Coat of Tibetan Block-Print Wool, Tibetan Necklace, and Takin (Goat-Like Animal) Fur Hat

Woman's Feet with Toras (Ankle Bracelets) and Toe Rings

Group of Women, Guedra Dancers from Goulimine, Called "Blue Women" After Pondicherry Indigo Cloth in Costume with Brass Tea Pot and Tray Inside House

Man in Costume, Including Tibetan Robe, with Bear Skin Hanging at Back of his Hat

Madame Yang, Wife of Korean Ambassador, Viewing Bronze Maitreya of Old Silla Dynasty at Exhibit of Korean Art in National Gallery of Art

Ceremony, Janam Ashtami Celebration

Young Man in Costume, Cutting Steps Into Log with Dao (Knife)

Man in Costume, Wearing Wood Headdress and Great Indian Hornbill Feather on Hat Indicating Headhunting Success, and Carrying Flintlock Gun and Dao (Knife)

Child Outside Plank Building

Maroligar and Walpaitik in Costume and with Ornaments Near Fan Nap

Man in Costume, Weaving Cloth on Loom

Woman in Costume and with Ornaments, Weaving with Loom Outside Plank? House

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