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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
NAA

Record ID

ebl-1628120086765-1628120087354-0

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Higuchi, Potter, in Costume with Wares Inside Workshop

Four Illustrations of Women's Dress Engraving

Object

View Inside Mosque of Mohammed Ali (1824-1857 AD) Showing Dome, White Marble and Green Jade Walls and Columns, and Hanging Glass-Covered Lights

Group and Non-Native Man (W. A. Cook ?) Outside Thatch Village Council Hall; Thatch Houses Nearby

Group in Costume with Goat Flock Enroute to Old Memphis

Unspecified

Portrait (Profile) of Woman, 30 Years Old, from Zerawschan and Syr-Daria District, Russian Turkestan (Now Kazakh SSR), in Costume

View of Cuna Island Village Showing Pole Houses with Thatch Roofs And Dugout Canoe with Sails

Two Ainu Wives of Korean Man in Informal Ainu Costume With Daughter in Korean Costume Outside Wood Building

Madame Yang, Wife of Korean Ambassador, Viewing Bronze Maitreya of Old Silla Dynasty at Exhibit of Korean Art in National Gallery of Art

Young Woman in Costume, Carrying Burden Basket Full of Wood And Ax with Tumpline Outside Bamboo and Thatch House; Woman And Young Girl Inside House

Two Girls in Costume on Steps Outside Wood Building

Group of Men and Boys in Costume on Dock with Wood Frame Shelter and Railway Tracks

Hezekiah's Reservoir and Surrounding Masonry Buildings Including Mosque with Minarets (Towers)

Man and Boy in Costume and with Ornaments Near Pole and Thatch Platform House

Ceremony, Janam Ashtami Celebration

Old Man in Costume

Ceremony, Inauguration

Woman, Boy, and Girl, in Costume with Donkey-Drawn Cart; Turkeys and Rabbits in Crates

Group of Men in Costume with Horses Bearing Goods at Courtyard of Caravansarai?; Men Clearing Brick Rubble with Shovels Near Ruins in Background

Pole and Thatch Platform House in Jungle Clearing; Thatch Shelter Nearby

Portrait (Front) of Man, 24 Years Old, from Kuldja (Now Yining), Ili Colonial Dependency Between Sungaria and Chinese Turkestan (Now Sinkiang, China), in Costume

Photo of Photo Showing Man Wearing Animal Skin and with Two Women, One Carrying Infant on Back, in Costume Outside Log Structure with Thatch Roof

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