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National Anthropological Archives
MS 7514 Lecture by James Luna: "Important works from the last five years"
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7514
- Creators:
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Luna, JamesNational Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Native American Public Programs
- Dates:
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November 13, 1992
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The tape is of a lecture given at Baird Auditorium in the National History Building at the Smithsonian Institution. A pamphlet about Luna is included. Related photographs are in NAA Photographic lot 91-26.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
James Luna is a performance artist who won the Bessie Creator Award of the New York Dance and Theater Workshop in 1991. He is a consultant to the Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, and his works have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada, Whitney Museum of American Art, and many other placed in the United States. He was brought to Washington in 1992 as part of the American Indian Public Programs of the National Museum of Natural History.
Administration
Custodial History
Previously titled "Important works from the last five years Sound recording."
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 7514, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 7514
Local Note
Local Note
Cassette tape
Keywords
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Performance art | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Luiseno/Diegueno | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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