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G. Gage Skinner collection

National Museum of the American Indian

Object Details

Photographer
Skinner, G. Gage
Place
Santa Marta Range (Colombia)
Chile
Colombia
Topic
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Indians of South America -- Chile
Indians of South America -- Colombia
Provenance
This collection was donated by G. Gage Skinner in 2017 and 2018.
Photographer
Skinner, G. Gage
Culture
Ika (Ica/Arhuaco)
Kogi (Kagaba)
Mapuche
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G. Gage Skinner collection
Summary
This collection consists of 265 photographic slides and 1 audio cassette recording made by former Peace Corps volunteer G. Gage Skinner while living and traveling in Chile and Colombia in the 1960s-1970s. Images include portraits, landscapes, ceremonies, and daily village life. Audio recording includes songs, chants, and musical instruments.
Biographical / Historical
G. Gage Skinner is a former Peace Corps volunteer, having served in Chile, 1964-1966, and later in Colombia, 1969-1972. A student of cultural anthropology and a graduate of San Diego State University, Skinner has taught at the college level, and has published on a wide range of topics, including beekeeping, the fur trade, and the history of the American West.
Extent
.25 Linear feet
265 Slides (photographs)
1 Sound cassette
Date
1964-1966
1972
Archival Repository
National Museum of the American Indian
Identifier
NMAI.AC.116
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Sound cassettes
Audiocassettes
Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series. Series 1: Chile, 1964-1966 and Series 2: Colombia, 1972.
Processing Information
Processed by Nathan Sowry, Reference Archivist, in 2018.
Rights
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Genre/Form
Slides (photographs)
Audiocassettes
Scope and Contents
The G. Gage Skinner collection consists of 265 photographic slides and 1 audio cassette recording made by former Peace Corps volunteer G. Gage Skinner while living and traveling in Chile and Colombia in the 1960s-1970s. Series 1: Chile, 1964-1966, includes images of individual portraits, landscapes, ceremonies, and daily village life of the Mapuche peoples of what is now the Araucanía Region of Chile. Also part of Series 1 is an audio recording of songs, chants, and musical instruments from a 1965 Nguillatún fertility ceremony near Lumaco, Chile. Series 2: Colombia, 1972, includes images of landscapes and daily village life of the Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) and Kogi (Kagaba) peoples of the area near Donachui in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range of Colombia. Images include a particular focus on Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) dwellings and architecture, weaving, trade goods, and agriculture.
Restrictions
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Related Materials
The Peace Corps Community Archives at American University in Washington, DC maintains a collection of manuscript materials donated by G. Gage Skinner documenting his Peace Corps service in Chile and Colombia. These materials include diaries, biographical information, training materials, and publications. In addition to material culture objects in the NMAI Object Collections donated by Skinner, there are also a large number of objects documenting Mapuche culture which he donated to the San Diego Museum of Man's ethnographic collections.
Separated Materials
G. Gage Skinner also donated a number of material culture objects to the NMAI Object Collections, documenting the Mapuche, Ika (Ica/Arhuaco), and Kamsá (Sebondoy) peoples of Chile and Colombia. The object numbers are 27/0087 - 27/0089 and 27/0102 - 27/0108.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1527087605153-1527087605182-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv47fd8ff0c-b133-438a-9a96-0bf38fd0b978

In the Collection

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  • Malnourished dog

  • Edgar Blackburn's ranch

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) dwelling

  • Landscape following wheat harvest

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) men holding poporos

  • Village of Donachui

  • Nicolas Chewke harvesting wheat

  • Colombian villager

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) dwelling

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) bags

  • Feasting and socializing at Nguillatún

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Mapuche children

  • Colombia

  • Campesino dwelling

  • Village scene

  • Mapuche man in traditional clothing

  • Mapuche woman weaving

  • Second base camp of mountain climbing party

  • Kamsá (Sebondoy) men, women, and children

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Village of Donachui

  • Village of Donachui

  • La Moneda Palace

  • Copihue flower

  • Mapuche woman holding a stone

  • Kogi (Kagaba) man in traditional dress

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) dwelling

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) women and children

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) loom and stool

  • Nguillatún harvest ceremony at night

  • Chilean traders with copper wares

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) woman

  • Nguillatún hilltop at night

  • Village of Donachui

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Village of Atanquez

  • Two Kogi (Kagaba) men in traditional dress

  • Horse with Chilean saddle

  • Mapuche men on horseback

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Stretching and drying animal skins

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) woman making a bag

  • Woman holding several fish

  • Road from Lumaco to Purén

  • Kogi (Kagaba) dwelling

  • Stretching and drying animal skins

  • Mapuche men on horseback

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) woman with infant

  • Chilean Huaso's Club Fiesta

  • Mapuche woman weaving

  • La Moneda Palace

  • Kogi (Kagaba) man in traditional clothing

  • Rock Carvings

  • Mapuche woman weaving

  • Gateway from Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) to Kogi (Kagaba) territory

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) men holding poporos

  • Mapuche shamans playing drums

  • Mapuche mother and daughter

  • Village of Donachui

  • City of Santiago

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) bridge

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Chilean rodeo

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Ulises and Marta Venturelli

  • Rock Carvings

  • Four Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) men mountain guides at night

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) youth on muleback

  • Malnourished dog

  • Nguillatún harvest ceremony

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) items and clothing

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Chilean cowboy

  • Feasting and socializing at Nguillatún

  • Main street of Lumaco

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) trader

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) woman sewing

  • Mountain climbing party members swimming

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) man with accordion

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) traders

  • Preparing plant fiber

  • Four Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) men mountain guides

  • Bridge over Río Lumaco

  • Kamsá (Sebondoy) men, women, and children

  • Chilean Huaso Parade

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) woman with head-strap carrier

  • Nguillatún harvest ceremony

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Landscape view of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

  • Ricardo Antileo

  • Nguillatún harvest ceremony at night

  • Nguillatún harvest ceremony

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) dwelling

  • Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) traders

  • Trail in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

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