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National Anthropological Archives
Tassilo Adam photographs of Serimpi dance, 1928
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.73-21
- Creators:
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Adam, Tassilo
- Dates:
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1928
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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5 Printssilver gelatin
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting a Javanese dance group performing Serimpi dance.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Tassilo Adam (1878-1948?) was born in Munich and moved to Sumatra to work in the Dutch planting business. He moved to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), where he first worked as an ethnologist for the Dutch government. He then spent five years filming and making photographs in the court of the Sultan of Java. In 1929, he was appointed associate curator of Ethnology and assistant curator of Eastern Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
The collection was transferred from the Department of Anthropology Processing Lab in 1973.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 73-21, Tassilo Adam photographs of Serimpi dance, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs of Javanese dance by Adam can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 97.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 73-21
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Serimpi (Dance) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Dance | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Javanese (Indonesian people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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