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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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Masonry Nursing Home Building with Tower and Gardens

Artwork

Group, Most in Costume and with Blowguns, and Non-Native Men One with Gun Outside Thatched House Atop Platform

Four Women in Costume, One Veiled, Outside Mud Brick Wall And Towers of Casbah

Painting by James Mc Donald Showing the Art of Mataora (Tattooing) Using Chisel and Pigments; Large Wood Effigy Figures Near Water in Background

Park, Masonry Row Houses, and Facade of 17th Century Sao Paulo Church in Distance

Painting of Man in Costume with Feather Headdress, Beads? And Feather Ornaments

Group of Men, Policemen in Uniform, Including Indian? Man With Turban, in Street of Foreign Settlement

Object

Exhibit

669 Helmet, Split-Bamboo Wicker Work Covered With Netting

1780 Engraving from Cook's Voyage Showing Morai (Altar) At Atooi, Kauai Island, with Stone Walls, Grass Hut, and Various Ceremonial Objects

Lower Class Woman with Nose Plugs and Face Tattoo and In Costume, Weaving on Back-Strap Loom Outside Woven Bamboo House

Woman Wearing Nose Ornaments and in Costume, Carrying Infant

Wooden Sled for Hauling Wood

Object

Man in Costume and with Ornaments Near Round Pole and Thatch House with Woven Mat Blinds at Midway Plaisance

Horse Race in Progress

Ang (Chief) of Pongchaw in Traditional Chief's Costume, Wearing Four Brass Heads on Necklace Indicating He Has Taken Four Heads, and Carrying Gun and Dao (Knife)

Moai (Lava Stone Effigy Head) at Base of Outer Slope of Volcano

Pier

Two Women in Dance Costume

Painting Depicting Cat

View of Pinaki Atoll from Shipboard (Top Gallant Yard?)

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