National Anthropological Archives

MS 7294 Hester Merwin Carib Indian drawings

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7294
Creators:
Ayers, Hester Merwin, 1902-1975
Dates:
circa 1940
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
10 Items
color drawings
13 x 18 inches to 18 x 21 inches.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection contains 10 color portrait drawings, undertaken circa 1940 by artist Hester Merwin Ayers, depicting Carib Indians in Salybia, Dominica. Subjects include men and women.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Salybia is the administrative center of the Carib Territory, a 3700 acre district in Dominica which was established in 1903 for the descendants of the indigenous Carib people who inhabited Dominica prior to European colonization and settlement.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 7294, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 7294


Keywords

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Drawings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Portraits Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kalinago (Carib/Kalina) [Dominica] Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Carib Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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