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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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NAA.PhotoLot.97
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Record ID

ebl-1628120086765-1628120087354-0

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Man in Costume and with Necklaces

James Lawrence, Non-Native Parasitologist, Using Microscope And Various Glass Specimen Bottles

Young Woman with Scarification, in Rafia Skirt, and With Ornaments

E. H. Hipsley and Dentist, David Cameron, Both Non-Natives, Testing Large Group in Costume for Tuberculosis and Diptheria Outside Wood Frame Building

Young Man in Costume and with Ornaments

Woman Wearing Grass Skirt and Ornaments Rubbing Infant Boy With Oil from Wood Bowl; Man, Young Boy, and Girl in Background

Group of Men in Costume and with Ornaments and Paddles in War Canoe Inlaid with Mother of Pearl

Dentist, David Cameron, Non-Native, Adjusting Dental Film In Mouth of Woman Wearing Grass Skirt; Dental Equipment In Foreground

Object

Group of Young Policemen in Uniform and with Rifles

Reverend H. Schotten, Non-Native, Preaching to Group in Costume Inside Pole and Thatch Building

Object

Group of Boys and Girls in Costume Outside Pole and Mud House with Thatch Roof And Squash Growing on Top; Sheep Tied Up Beside Pole and Thatch Shrine and Ping (Gallows-Like Wood Structure Decorated with Wheat for Fertility Feast)

Young Man with Scarification, in Costume and with Ornaments, Playing Panpipes

Group Wearing Loincloths and Ornaments Selling Woven Baskets Of Copra to Non-Natives Near Truck

Young Girl in Costume and with Ornaments

Drawing Depicting Two Design Elements Used in Decorating Metalwork? And

Woman in Costume and with Silver Tupu (Clasps) and Headband Of Silver Coins Outside Ruka (Plank House with Thatch Roof)

Nanki, Dental Assistant, in Apron Making Plaster Cast from a Wax Impression Taken by Dentist, David Cameron

Two Young Women with Scarification, in Costume and With Ornaments, Outside Pole House

Object

Ron Penny, Medical Assistant at Native Hospital Wrapping Arm Of Young Boy with Bandage; Nurse and Three Men in Costume Looking On

Keith Rientis, Non-Native Biochemist, Prepares Yam Particles for Dehydration; Specimens Later Sent to Australia for Analysis; Pole and Thatch Building with Woven Mat Wall in Background

Fishermen Wearing Goggles Collecting Oysters with Fish Net In Water

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