National Anthropological Archives

Dino J. Grossa photographs of Waica peoples, 1970

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.79-31
Creators:
Grossa, Dino J.
Dates:
1970
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
4 Color prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs documenting Waica people, including one image of two men smoking yapo. Dino J. Grossa made the photographs in a village or villages on the Orinoco River near Caracas, Venezuela, on May 22, 1970.

Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Padre Dino J. Grossa was part of a UNESCO mission to Venezuela.

Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Marie Luise Beckh, Caracas, through Clifford Evans, 1978.

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 79-31, Dino J. Grossa photographs of Waica peoples, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Motion picture film depicting Waica people can be found in the Human Studies Film Archives in HSFA 2006.2.

More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 79-31

Other Finding Aids note
Other Finding Aids note
Inventory available in repository.

Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Guaika


Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Akawaio (Acawai) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Orinoco River Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

Repository Contact
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu