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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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  • Pole and Thatch Platform Houses Surrounded by Bamboo Fences Along Road

  • Two Coiled Baskets with Tubers; Pile of Tubers and Metal Bowl Nearby

  • Unspecified

  • Boy in Costume of Mithun (Wild Cow) Hide Vest, Bamboo and Mithun Hide Shield, Cowrie Belt, Bamboo Penis Shield, Braided Cane Arm Shield, and Tibetan Hat and Sword

  • Kalanga

  • Group in Costume, One with Pack, Near Wood Building

  • Three Young Girls from Various Villages in Costume and Weaving on Backstrap Looms at Weaving Class in School Courtyard Courtyard

  • View of Stone Monument Showing Horse-Drawn Carriage, Steamships, and City Buildings

  • Group Near Large Outrigger Canoe with Cabin and Mast on Beach

  • Young Man in Costume and on Horseback

  • View of Salt Lake with Railroad Track and Fence

  • Musicians of the Soudan Performing at an Arab Coffee-House in Old Cairo Engraving

  • Statue of Buddha Making Gesture of Foregiveness

  • Men and Girls in Modern Costume, Singing and Dancing as They Recount Tribal Legends to Accompaniment of Flutes, Drums And Harmonica

  • Ceremony

  • Three Men, Two in Uniform, and Woman with Horse-Drawn Carriage in City Street and Near Masonry Houses Surrounded by Walls

  • Man and Dogs on Porch of Frame House

  • Various Illustrations of Islamic Culture Engraving

  • Bronze Collection, Ashtray, 5 Letter Opener, 5 Belt Buckle?, 3:Silver Inlay:from Bidri?

  • War Canoe Under Construction Inside Pole and Thatch Shelter

  • Group, Some in Uniform, in Street with Wood Frame Houses With Thatch Roofs

  • Two Non-Native (?) Men, Woman, and Cow Outside Two Pole And Thatch Houses Near Shore; Outrigger Canoe Nearby

  • Fiddle, Wood:Leather?:Sinew?

  • Aged Zulu Wearing Headring

  • Ceremony, Wedding

  • Group of Young Policemen in Uniform and with Rifles

  • Two Men and Four Horses Near Woven Mat Crossing Over Stream

  • Reverend H. Schotten, Non-Native, Preaching to Group in Costume Inside Pole and Thatch Building

  • Statue and Fountain of Aboriginal Woman in Costume and With Shield in Plaza

  • Yuging (Structure of Wood Poles Decorated with Bamboo Shavings) Where Dog Sacrificed to Prevent Witchcraft Will Be Tied As Offering to Appease Wiyus

  • Portrait of Au-Ub, 30 Years Old

  • View South from Islet Showing Eroded Coral Reef

  • Two Men in Costume, One with Knife, and Ox-Drawn Wooden Cart Laden with Bundles of Sticks (Sugar Cane?)

  • Portrait of Man with Body Paint and Wearing Breechcloth

  • Object

  • Drawing, 1774, by William Hodges of Man with Ear Extension

  • Cen Bisayan Worcester

  • Great Bell at Daibutsu (Great Buddha) Temple; Group in Costume Nearby

  • Orini (Young Woman) in Costume with Ornaments and Holding Wood Paddle Outside Plank House with Bark Roof

  • City Square with Pedestrians, Horse and Carabao (Water Buffalo)- Drawn Carriage, and Masonry and Wood Commerical Buildings; Boat on River

  • Group of Young Men and Boys from Farm School in Costume, Collecting Water at Pump

  • Object

  • Group of Men in Costume, Spreading Coffee Beans to Dry with Hoes

  • View of Waterfront Showing Docked Wood Barges, Group in Street, Streetcar, Automobiles, Commercial Buildings, and Railway Building

  • Carabao (Water Buffalo) Meat Drying on Baskets and Bamboo Frame Platform

  • 26905 Mask, Wood; from Berunhafen (Old Name)

  • Woman and Children Beside Two Rowboats; Stone Fortress on River in Background

  • Reverse of Wooden Tablet from Easter Island, "Ka Ihi Miga" (?) Photostat

  • School Founded in Memory of Sir Stamford Raffles Who Established First British Trading Post in SIngapore

  • Aged Bushman Costume, Drinking Water from Ostrich Eggshell Container

  • Exhibit

  • Parasol?:Used by Shaman?

  • View of Temple (Replica?)

  • Ruins of Chandi-Siva, Hindu Temple Complex (9th Century AD), Entrance; Boy in Costume Near Stone Statue of Seated Guardian

  • Helen Hamilton Gardener, Non-Native Woman; Another Non-Native Woman and Two Non-Native? Men Along Roadside

  • Portrait of Chief Attos from Davao in Costume and with Ornaments , Headgear, and Sheathed Dagger

  • Group of Young Women in Costume During Arrival Reception For Tourists Near Plane at Airport

  • Zander Cut-Out

  • Two Wood-Frame Houses with Thatched Roofs and on Platform On Hillside Terrace

  • Interior of Sugar Cane Mill Showing Machinery

  • Woman in Costume Inside Toldo (Skin and Pole Tent)

  • Animal Motif in Bas-Relief and Mirror Inset on Wall of Pole And Mud House

  • View of Hiqueru Atoll from Ship Showing West End

  • View of Tree-Covered Rock Cliff and Misty Harbor

  • Man in Costume, Pounding Brass Bowl with Mallet; Finished Brass Jars and Bowls with Decoration Nearby, Inside Masonry House

  • Karamon (Chinese-Style Gate) at Kinkaku-Ji Temple?

  • Non-Native Man Near Drum Outside Pole and Thatch Schoolhouse with Woven Mat Walls; Man in Costume Inside at Window

  • Non-Native Man and Group of Men and Women with Pipes and Burden Baskets; Women in Costume

  • Rafter Decoration Pattern Photomechanical

  • Man in Partial Costume and with Ornaments and Baskets

  • Three Amahuaca Men with Burden Bags on Jungle Path

  • Object

  • Two Marsh-Darien Expedition Members, R. O. Marsh and Malobury?, and Native Guide with Cargo and Rifle in Dugout Canoe with Motor on River

  • View of Hill of Dead Towards Which Souls of Dead Lhota and Sema Nagas Go

  • Portrait of Man, Musician, in Costume with Tabl (Drum)

  • View of Hotel, Guests, and Landscaped Gardens

  • View of Tokuma Atoll Coastline from Ship

  • Iloilo Street Showing Two-Story Stucco and Wood Commercial Buildings, Including American Restaurant, and Park

  • Men in Costume Chanting as They Tamp Ground

  • Millet, Man, 40 Years Old, at River's? Edge

  • Nokupiso, Aged Married Woman, with Arm Scarification, Wearing Turban Headcloths and in Costume, Holding Long-Stemmed Pipe, and Sitting on Table Inside Structure Under Construction; Wooden Crate, Boy, and Gun Powder Nearby

  • Sinhalese

  • Pole and Thatch House with Palm-Slat Walls in Jungle Clearing

  • Drawing by W. F. Gordon? of Maori Chief with Moka-Pu (Full Face Tattoo) and in Costume and Wearing Hei-Tiki (Amulet)

  • Non-Native Man Grinding Rice with Wood Pounder in Wood Trough On Stand, Outside Bamboo and Mat House with Thatch Gabled Roof

  • Portrait (Profile) of Man, 26 Years Old, from Tashkent Region, Russian Turkestan, (Now Uzbek SSR), in Costume

  • Gen

  • Stairway of Indoor Market-Place ?

  • View of "Great House" Wood Frame with Cupola on Roof; Driveway Lined with Agave Cactus

  • Gen

  • Man Wearing Bark ?; Group Outside Thatch Council Hall ?

  • Group of Men Cutting Bamboo ?; Two Non-Native Men (One W. A. Cook ?), Watching

  • Euro-American Woman Showing Euro-American Boy Wooden Face Mask of Fang Culture Inside Museum? During Art Show

  • Female Lawn Workers in Costume Pulling Grass

  • Hizen Marks Photo-Lithograph

  • Group in Outrigger Canoes Near Large Steamship

  • Large Group of Public Schoolteachers Outside Masonry Building

  • Group of Women in Costume, Washing Clothes in Large Metal Tubs Near Wood Fence

  • Young Woman in Costume in Jungle Clearing

  • Group of Men and Women at Poi Party Outside Pole and Thatch House

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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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