National Anthropological Archives

Tassilo Adam photographs of Serimpi dance, 1928

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.73-21
Creators:
Adam, Tassilo
Dates:
1928
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
5 Prints
silver 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.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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