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Division of Ethnology photograph collection

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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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NAA.PhotoLot.97
NAA

Record ID

ebl-1628120086765-1628120087354-0

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  • Archival materials 161 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Photographs 157 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Photographic prints 149 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Works of art 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Photomechanical prints 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Zulu (African people) 154 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Zulu? 7 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Nguni 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Xosa (Kaffir)? 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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Zulu? Women in Costume, Carrying Beer in Gourd Containers Atop Heads in Field

View of Monoliths in Field with Mountains in Distance

Under Sibasio of Sauanchio Tribe of Kaffirs (Zulu) in Costume and Playing Samuious (Musical Bow) as Model for Museum

Zulu Kraal (Stockaded Village) Showing Thatch Houses Granaries, Corral, Group in Costume, and Animals; Mountains In Distance

Four Zulu Warriors with Clubs, Spears, And Shields Near Tree

Ceremony, Wedding, Umbrella Dance

Zulu Maiden in Costume

Aged Zulu Wearing Headring

Ceremony, Wedding

Under Sibasio of Sauanchio Tribe of Kaffirs (Zulu) in Costume and Playing Samuious (Musical Bow) as Model for Museum

Ceremony, Wedding: Group of Married Women, Maiden (Bride?) And Male Warrior (Groom?) All in Costume, Dancing in Field Near Mountain; Men, Some with Shields Nearby

Chief Sigananda, Aged Man, Wearing Headring and Holding Wooden Stick Outside Masonry Building (Said by Donor to Be Chief Who Led Zulu Uprising in 1906)

Ceremony, Wedding, Umbrella Dance

Three Zulu Men with Spears, Shields, and Jinrikshas In City Street; Non-Native Group on Balcony of Masonry Building

Zulu Maiden with Scarification and in Costume

Two Married Zulu Women and Two Maidens

Group of Zulu Men and Boys Eating Meal from Tripod Kettle; Two Maidens and Group of Children Nearby; Outside Dome-Shaped Thatch House and Corral

Large Group of Zulus Some with Clubs, Spears or Shields, Outside Thatch Houses of Kraal (Stockaded Village); Mountains In Distance

View of Monoliths in Field with Mountains in Distance

Four Zulu Women, Carrying Reeds for Roof Thatch on Top Of Their Heads in Field of Grass; Mountain in Distance

Four Men in Costume with Jinrikshas

Two Married Women in Costume Outside Thatch House

Two Married Zulu Women Demonstrating Hairdressing Outside Thatch House

Two Men in Costume with Jinrikshas Near Gardens


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