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

Large EAD

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

NAA.PhotoLot.97

NAA

Record ID

ebl-1628120086765-1628120087354-0

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Lava Flowing Over Cliff Into Water

Portrait of Group in Costume

Portrait of Young Man in Costume

Creighton in Distance, Fir Tree and Shrubbery of Residential Grounds in Foreground

Habeeb Arbeely Dancing; Nageeb Arbeely Playing Reed; Hanna Arbeely Beating Derbeky; All in Bedouin Costume; Nargeely (Water Pipe) on Nearby Carpet

Group and Horse-Drawn Carriage Outside Two-Story, Brick Music Hall

Portrait of Woman, Coal Passer, in Costume

Portrait of Kaitae (Man)

Portrait of E. H. Hanley (Non-Arab) in Arab Sheeref's (Sheikh's) Costume, Holding Saber

Portrait of Woman with Chin Tattoo, Hair Feathers, and In Costume

View of House Site with Poro Pavement; Manavai in Background (Circular Rock Wall for Shielding Saplings from Wind)

View of Village Showing Wood Frame and Brick Houses on Mountain Top; Mountains in Distance

View of River, Dirt Road and Woods

Drawing by F. V. Du Mond from Photograph by William J. Thomson Or William Edwin Safford of Central Section of Great Ahu (Platform) of Ahu Hekii Above La Perouse Bay

Portrait of Woman, Coal Passer, in Costume

Portrait of Woman with Body Scarification and in Costume, Holding Bird-Headed, Wood Club

View of Wood Frame House and Trees

Family

Street Scene Showing Mud Houses with Thatch Roofs and Twelve- Story Buddhist Pagoda

Portrait of Cetewayo (in Three Pieces) Lithograph

Group of Men Removing Painted Stone Slabs from Subterranean House

Man Wearing Breechcloth and Holding Club Near Display of New Caledonian Tools and Weapons

Drawing by F. V. Du Mond of Atua Matariri (Inscribed Wooden Tablet)

Portrait (Various) of Men, Women, and Groups; All in Costume; Views of Landscape and Towns; Weapon Collections

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