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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1998-33 Chief Antonio Zarco visit collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1998-33
- Creators:
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Crocker, William H. (William Henry), 1924-
- Dates:
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circa 1980-1981
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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9 Photographsblack and white8 x 10 inches.2 Photographscolor7.5 x 9 inches.23 Pagesphotocopies11 x 8.5 inches.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 9 black and white photographs and photocopies of correspondence relating to a visit by Chief Antonio Zarco, a Choco Indian, to the Smithsonian Institution in early 1980s to identify objects in its ethnology collections. Also includes two color prints of Zarco, neighbors and children in Panama, 1963, during the filming of a documentary about U.S. astronauts.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The Choco Indians live in small tribal groupings in the rainforests of northwestern Colombia and southwestern Panama. Chief Antonio Zarco, a Choco tribal leader, visited the Smithsonian Institution in the early 1970s and was able to identify several objects in its ethnology collections. In the early 1980s, Zarco was invited to return to the Smithsonian to assist with identifying other objects in the collection.
Administration
Custodial History
Donated by William Crocker.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 1998-33, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1998-33
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Correspondence | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Choco Indians | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Zarco, Antonio, Chief | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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