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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Group of Men in Costume, Playing Drums

Drawing of Pot Stirrer and File Carved Wooden Canoe Paddle Handles

Painting on Silk Emblematic of First Season, or New Year's Festival, with Fuku-Ge-So Flower, Streamer, Lobster, And Shuttlecock

Painting by Dr Prichard of Man in Costume and Holding Stick With Feathers

Non-Native Sailor in Uniform Near Central Section of Great Stone Ahu (Platform)

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Man Wearing Arm Bands (Profile)

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Group on Seaward Wall of Ahu (Platform), Left Central

Chief and Woman (Tapo, Good Spirit of the Village); Both In Costume and with Ornaments and Headgear

Men and Boys Wearing Breechcloths Outside Mat and Pole House with Thatch Roof and with Non-Native Man Called, "Schmidt" (Missionary?)

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Drawing of Whip-Sling, 4 and with Details Called Kotaha

Drawing from Gruning Collection of Bead and Ivory Necklace

Group in Partial Costume, Two Men Playing Guitars

Man, Woman, and Child in Costume, Preparing Coconut Milk in Wood Bowl

Group in Costume, Bathing at Hot Spring

Exposition Congolaise de Tervueren: Man in Uniform with Group in Costume Outside Reed Pole House with Thatch Roof; Raised Wooden Walkway For Spectators in Background

Three Men in Partial Costume, One Holding Animal Horn?

View of Two-Story Wood Frame House, Driveway, and Vegetation

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Crossbow, 2:Wood:from Gabon:Collected by P. Du Chaillu (Manuscript Page, Detail Drawing)

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