Division of Ethnology photograph collection

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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NAA

Record ID

ebl-1628120086765-1628120087354-0

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Sugar Palm Tree Near Fence on Grounds of Farm School

Portrait (Profile) of Man, 57 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkistan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Three Amahuaca Men in Costume and Carrying Burden Bags with Tumplines On Jungle Path

Group in Costume Eating Noon Meal in Mountain Valley Near River; Wood Tea Churn, Baskets of Vines? and Yaks Carrying Cargo Nearby

Portrait (Front) of Man, 39 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Portrait (Front) of Man, 28 Years Old, from Zerawschan and Syr-Daria District, Russian Turkestan (Now Kazakh SSR), in Costume

Three Campa Women Grooming Girls Hair and Men in Background with Guns; All in Costume Outside Tent and Plank Structure with Thatch Roof

View of Large Masonry Church Facade

Portrait (Profile) of Man, 40 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Portrait (Profile) of Woman, 28 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Celamus Mollis or Rattan Plant

Ceremony, Demon Dance

Portrait (Profile) of Man, 46 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Portrait ( Front) of Woman, 29 Years Old, from Zerawschan and Syr-Daria District, Russian Turkestan (Now Kazakh SSR), in Costume

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

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Sugar Palm Tree Near Fence on Grounds of Farm School

Portrait (Profile) of Man, 57 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkistan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Three Amahuaca Men in Costume and Carrying Burden Bags with Tumplines On Jungle Path

Group in Costume Eating Noon Meal in Mountain Valley Near River; Wood Tea Churn, Baskets of Vines? and Yaks Carrying Cargo Nearby

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Young Man and Boy in Small Goat-Drawn, Two-Wheeled Wood Cart Carrying Photographer's Luggage and U S Mail

Amahuaca Group Wearing Face Paint and in Costume, Crossing on Log Rafts

Portrait (Front) of Man, 39 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Portrait (Front) of Man, 28 Years Old, from Zerawschan and Syr-Daria District, Russian Turkestan (Now Kazakh SSR), in Costume

Three Campa Women Grooming Girls Hair and Men in Background with Guns; All in Costume Outside Tent and Plank Structure with Thatch Roof

View of Large Masonry Church Facade

Portrait (Profile) of Man, 40 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Four Amahuaca Men Wearing Face Paint and Costume, One with Bow and Arrow, on Jungle Path

Boy in Costume, Carrying Bastos Mat on Head

Man in Costume Near Stand of Pandanus Utilissimus on Trail Between Magayjay Mud Luisiana

Portrait (Profile) of Woman, 28 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Celamus Mollis or Rattan Plant

Ceremony, Demon Dance

Portrait (Profile) of Man, 46 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Veiled Egyptian Woman in Costume

Portrait (Profile) of Woman, 20 Years Old, from Tashkent Region, Russian Turkestan (Now Uzbek SSR), In Costume

Egyptian Boy with Walking Stick Near Woman Wearing Yashimak (Veil) and on Donkey with Blanket?; Both in Costume

Portrait ( Front) of Woman, 29 Years Old, from Zerawschan and Syr-Daria District, Russian Turkestan (Now Kazakh SSR), in Costume

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