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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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  • Portrait of Veiled Woman in Costume with Male Child on Shoulders

  • Man Wearing Guanaco Robe and Headband in Field

  • Object

  • Portrait of Tshekedi Khama, Chief Regent

  • Young Woman Near Moai (Lava Stone Effigy Figure)

  • Ceremony, Dance

  • Unspecified

  • Portrait of Queen Kapuolani in Royal Costume and with Ornaments

  • Painting Depicting Buddhist Wheel of Life

  • Aged Man Carrying Goods on Back and with Woman in Costume Outside Thatch House; Stone Grinding Slab, Jar, and Containers Nearby

  • Two Young Men in Uniform and with Headgear, Ornaments, And Weapons

  • View of Eroded Off-Shore Reefs

  • West Africa

  • Painting on Leaf Depicting Man?

  • View of Village Showing Thatch Houses

  • Two Women and Male Students Inside Printing Classroom With Equipment

  • Three Wood Frame Houses; Pole and Thatch Shelter and Outrigger Canoe in Foreground

  • Araucanian

  • Two Young Men? in Costume in Jungle Clearing

  • Ornament Collection, Waistband, Silver:Turquoise:Coral Earrings, Brass:Turquoise Head Ornament, 2, Silver: Turquoise Amulet, Brass:Copper

  • Woman in Costume and with Young Girl, and Four Non-Indian Men, Traders, Outside Toldo (Canvas and Pole Tent); Metal Pot and Tea Pots Over Fire; Meat Drying on Poles

  • Group of Men and Women in Costume and with Ornaments And Headgear

  • Three Non-Native? Men in Costume, Holding Rolled Reed Mat And Baskets, and Carrying Burden Basket with Tumpline; Outside Stucco Building

  • Tommy Long in Costume and on Stilts and with Young Boy; View Of City Street in Background

  • Man in Costume in Horse-Drawn Carriage on Road Near River In Mountainous Valley

  • Portrait of Aged Rabbi in Costume and Holding Book (Bible?)

  • View of Group of Men in Costume in Boats Along Shore

  • View of Wooden Cross Marking Graves of Soldiers, Irish Brigade, Who Died at Colenso, 15 Dec 1899

  • Three Women in Costume, Pounding Paddy in Wood Mortar with Large Wood Pestles; Girl Watching, Outside Thatched Platform House

  • Kinkaku (Golden Pavilion) on Lake

  • Young Man in Costume with Necklace and with Rice Sheaves In Basket

  • Two Women in Costume by Lake at Hibiya Park

  • View of Cuna Island Village Showing Pole Houses with Thatch Roofs And Dugout Canoes with Sails in Water

  • Three Men in Costume Outside Tombs of the Caliphs (1400-1410 AD)

  • Group of Young Women and Men in Partial Costume, Some With Makwelanes (Gourd String Instrument); Horse and Carriage Nearby

  • Large Group of Men, Colonists, in Uniform During Review on Plaza of Institution; Frame Buildings in Background

  • Man in Costume, Making Straw Mat on Erect Loom in Street

  • Currency Collection A Spearhead, Upper Congo B/C Hoe Blade, 2:Upper Nile D Axe Blade, Stanley Falls E Saltire, Copper: Urua F Knife Blade, Sierra Leone G Spear, Lamani River (Drawing)

  • Group of Young Men in Costume with Bamboo Wind Instruments And Drum Outside Masonry Building with Wood Doors

  • Shah (Nasr Ed-Din?) on Balcony with Troop in Uniform and Musicians in Uniform in Courtyard of Royal Palace; Spectators Nearby

  • Man and Woman in Informal Costume with Wood Barrel? Near Doorway of Chisei (Pole and Thatch House)

  • Playing Card, Set, Paper?:Paint:19th Century

  • Hist Palestine Musical Inst

  • Men in Costume With Musical Instruments, Iincluding Stringed Instruments (Zithers), Drums, and Bells

  • Fife and Drum Corps, Helwan, Egypt

  • Gen

  • Large Masonry Church with Steeple

  • Egyptian Man with Woman Wearing Yashmak (Veil) and with Child in Costume on Donkey in Street Outside Wood and Plaster Building

  • Portrait of Woman in Costume, Playing Drum

  • Unspecified

  • Stone Hut for Visitors to Mountain

  • Ceremony

  • Object

  • View of Five-Storied Masonry Building Housing Offices Of MacGullivan & Grant, Architects, Advertised for Lease; And, Mercantile Bank Building with Offices of "The Colonist" Publishing Co, Ltd. and E. H. Clemmans

  • Group of Girls, One Carrying Child on Back, and Woman in Costume in Field

  • Female Orangutan Tied with Rope Around Neck to Pole

  • Great Emir of the Desert Arabs; Criminal with Iron Collar Around Head and Wrist; Dervish; Man Belonging to Religious Order of Edhemites Lithograph

  • Three Women in Costume, Two with Bundles and Metal Basins Atop Heads; One Holding Metal Container, on Roadway Near Mountains

  • Four Puffer (Blowfish) Lanterns?

  • Two-Story Stucco Building, Porch, and Adjoining Wood Structure with Tile Roofs

  • Aerial View of Town from Hillside Near Signal Station

  • View of River Showing Island Landscape

  • Decorated Faience Flower Vase Lithograph

  • Group of Women in Costume by Torii (Gateway) and Blossoming Cherry Trees at Noge Hill

  • Horse Race in Progress

  • Object

  • Group of Men, Women, and Children Around Stone Pagoda?

  • Man, Pearl Diver, and Wife Outside Pole and Thatch House With Woven Mat Walls; Two Boxes and Wash Tub in Yard

  • Group Outside Masonry Church with Four Columns and Steeple

  • Group of Men Carving Ivory? Figurines in Workshop

  • Interior of Palace Showing Decorated Columns, Walls And Courtyard; Man in Partial Costume in Doorway

  • Girl in Costume with Bhutanese Style Haircut

  • Man and Woman with Scarification on Forehead, Chest, And Abdomen; Woman Wearing Incised Brass Collar

  • Portrait of Queen Kapuolani in Royal Costume and with Ornaments

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

  • Two Men, Warriors, with Rifles and Spears and Woman with Infant in Costume Near Tree and Bamboo Houses

  • Chocos in Costume, Man Wearing Silver Ear Plugs and Beaded Breech -Cloth

  • Vessel, 2, Brass:Floral Design:One with Handles

  • Two Men Wearing Rafia Skirts in Outrigger Canoe with Mast

  • Women in Costume, One with Basket on Head, Near Wood Boats In Bay; Wood Frame Houses Nearby

  • Non-Native Man Photographing Old Man in Partial Costume With Rice Sheaves and Group in Costume Outside Wood House on Platform

  • Portrait of King David Kalakana in Royal Military Uniform And with Ornaments

  • View of River Showing Island Landscape and Vegetation

  • Group of Schoolboys in Costume During Game of Skip-The-Hands Outside Plank Building on Platform; Base Covered by Woven Bamboo Mat

  • Portrait of Persian Boy? or Girl? in Costume, Reclining on Pillows And Rugs Near Lace Canopy Inside Room

  • 2 Mask, Wood:from Man Gebet? Culture Ivory Coast Mask, Wood:Fiber:from Man Gebet? Culture, Ivory Coast

  • Object

  • Object

  • View of Village Showing Plank Houses with Thatch Gabled Roofs; Chickens and Group in Costume in Street

  • Group of Men in Costume, Constructing Pole House with Thatch Roof; Notched Pole Ladder Nearby

  • Man in Warrior Costume of Cowrie Shell Sash, Loincloth, Belt with Brass Shield, and Disc Earrings

  • Two Men in Costume Outside Two-Story, Woven Mat House With Thatch Roof; Dog in Foreground

  • Two Young Women with Scarification, in Costume and With Ornaments, Outside Pole House

  • View of Tahaa Island, Barrier Reef and North End of Islet From Northwest

  • Nguni, Pondo

  • Portrait of Man in Costume

  • Group of Female Students on Steps Outside Masonry Seminary Building with Arches

  • View of Coffee Plantation Showing Stucco House with Thatch Roof and Plank and Stucco Buildings with Tile and Thatch Roofs Around Platforms Spread with Drying Coffee Beans

  • View of Camp Showing Group, Including Non-Indian Men, Traders, Outside Toldos (Skin, Canvas and Pole Tents); Meat Drying On Poles

  • Helen Hamilton Gardener, Non-Native Woman, with Grapefruit And Another Non-Native Woman Beside Grapefruit Tree

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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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