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Division of Ethnology photograph collection

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

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
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.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1628120086765-1628120087354-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3361718ad-0211-4be3-805f-10163a0c4dc2

In the Collection

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  • Man in Costume Stamping Pattern on Sarong Outside Stucco Building with Wood Doors

  • Hist Palestine

  • View of Makatea Island Coastline from Ship

  • Monk in Costume in Village Street

  • Kaffir Women in Costume; Men, One Wearing Headring, Near Large Plants

  • Man in Costume Outside Shrine or Temple?; Statue at Right

  • Drum House of Kabaka (Emperor) of Baganda Kingdom: Masonry And Pole Lean-to with Tin Roof; Group with Drums Inside

  • Adler/Zangaki

  • Cuna Man Wearing Dance Leader's Palm and Feather Headdress, and With Two Girls Wearing Nose Rings and in Costume Outside Pole Houses with Thatch Roofs; Group of Men and Boys Behind Them

  • Object

  • View of City Showing Buildings on Street, Fountain or Monument, Sailing Ships at Pier and Horse-Drawn, Two Wheeled Carts

  • Calligraphic Signature of Dowager Empress Tzu An

  • Men and Boys Near Wood Boats on Bay; Wood Frame Houses In Distance

  • View of Valley

  • Model of Chisei (Pole and Thatch House) Framework

  • Two Wood Drums? Near Pole and Thatch House with Woven Mat Walls

  • Wife of Chief in Costume and Young Son Wearing Animal Mantle Outside Toldo (Skin and Pole Tent)

  • Object

  • Young Woman in Costume with Chaddar (Woven Shawl) Beside Plank Door of Bamboo Longhouse

  • Avenue of Marble Animals Leading to Shih-San-Ling, or Ming Tombs

  • Two Men and Two Women in Partial Costume and with Ornaments, Some with Headgear, at Midway Plaisance

  • Two Men in Costume at Ruins of Mud Brick Structures of Ancient City

  • View of Village Showing Pole Houses with Thatch Roofs, Carts, and Group in Costume in Jungle

  • Stone Ahu (Platform), Easter Island Drawing

  • Painted Wood House Erected Over Grave

  • Weapon Collection

  • Woman Wearing Silver, Turquoise?, and Cowrie Shell Headdress (Back View); Boy in Costume Nearby

  • Round Pole and Thatch Men's Clubhouse Showing Island Vegetation Including Banana Trees

  • Military Academy

  • (Sun God); Pylon of Temple of Amun

  • Three Old Women and Young Girl in Costume with Scrapers, Dressing and Sewing Guanaco Skins Inside Toldo (Skin and Pole Tent)

  • Man in Costume on Avenue Lined with Stone Lanterns at Kasuga No Miya Temple Founded in 767 AD; Dedicated to Ama-No-Koyane (Shinto God); his Wife; Fujiwara Family Ancestor; and Mythical Heroes Take-Mikazuchi and Futsu-Nushi

  • Three Women in Costume with Infant and Two Young Girls?, on Stairway Between Brick Buildings

  • Two Women in Costume

  • Agrippi, Boy, 8-10 Years Old, Wearing Necklace and Holding Puppy

  • Drawing of Man with Headdress of Ostrich Feather, And Shells

  • Drawing of Three Men in Costume and with Ornaments and Weapons

  • View of Harbor Showing Produce-Filled Canoes, Sailing Boats, And Two-Story, Stucco Houses

  • Man with Multiple-Disc Harrow Explaining Its Use to Group Of Farmers

  • Three Men with Pack Saddles of Goods Riding on Two Elephants; Young Elephant with Them on Road

  • Portrait of Man, Burden Bearer, in Hemp Costume with Chinge (Wood-A-Frame Used to Pack Goods) on Back

  • Group of Women and Two Girls, All in Costume Outside Tents?

  • Nicaragua

  • Two Boys in Costume with Blankets and on Horseback in Field; Horses with Trappings

  • Two Bamboo Pole Houses with Thatch Roofs; Pile of Coconuts In Foreground

  • View of Mahetia Island from Ship (from North Northwest)

  • Fan, 3 Embroidery, 2 Disk, 4 Box? Ribbon?

  • Red Cross Pack Train Leaving for Front

  • View of Masonry City Gate and Wall

  • Young Man in Costume and with Ornaments

  • Man with Pipe and Two Cloth Bags, One Beaded; Group Nearby; All in Costume

  • View of Lake Taal and Volcano Island

  • Group in Costume on Village Street, Woman Carrying Basket Hats on Head; Boy Carrying Burden with Shoulder Yoke

  • Man in Costume with Carabao (Water Buffalo)-Drawn, Two-Wheeled Wood Wagon Loaded with Furniture

  • Woman with Infant, Two Young Girls, and Old Woman in Costume And with Ornaments Near Land Rover, Canvas Tent, and Thatch Fence

  • Lacquer Collection, Vase, 10 Candle Holder? Goblet? , 3, Paint:Glaze

  • Non-Native Man with Stands of Minangan Variety Mature Rice During Harvest Season

  • Two Brazilian? Men with Long Poled Wooden Rake Raking Coffee Beans For Drying

  • Old Woman in Costume with Laundry Out to Dry Outside Plank House with Corrugated Roof

  • Omagua

  • View of Distant Island Coastlines from Shipboard

  • Object

  • Bead, Ivory:from Futuna Island, Ethnographic Collection

  • Man Near Pole Fence and Gateway; Canyon in Background

  • 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?)

  • Woman in Costume and with Infant and Burden Basket

  • Great Ang (Chief) in Costume, Wearing Burmese Tiger Robe And Holding Whisk and Spear, in Front of Menhir Commemorating Conquest (Also Place of Ritual Sacrifice)

  • Group of Women and Children with Bundles Atop Heads, Some With Walking Sticks, on Roadway Near Mountains

  • Two Girls in Costume and with Ornaments Outside Pole and Mud House with Holes (for Ventilation?) and Thatch Roof; Clay Jars Nearby

  • Bahian Woman in Costume with Basket of Goods on Head; Man Beside Horse and Cart in Cobbled City Street; Church? in Distance

  • Right Wing of Stone Ahu (Platform) (Rear View) Showing Fallen Moai (Lava Stone Effigy Figures)

  • View of Pole and Thatch Shelter in Jungle Clearing Showing Island Vegetation, Including Banana Trees

  • Brown Colln

  • Three Expedition Members; in Camp on River Bank

  • Group of Men and Women; Women in Costume Outside Pole House With Thatch Roof and Palm Frond Shelter; Chicha (Fermented Corn Beverage) Trough, Burden Baskets, and Gourds Scattered on Ground

  • Three Women in Costume, Cleaning Cotton in Basket, Spinning Cotton on Spindle, and Weaving Cotton on Backstrap Loom, Outside Plank House; Child Nearby

  • Crossbow, Wood:with Carved Geometrical Designs:From Gabon:Collected by R. B. N. Walker from P. Du Chaillu (Manuscript Page, Detail Drawing)

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