National Anthropological Archives

Photographic postcards of Native American artifacts in German museums, circa 1960s

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.81B
Dates:
circa 1960s
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
6 Postcards
6 photographic postcards
silver gelatin
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Postcards made by German museums depicting Native American artifacts in their collections. They include images of a Tlingit totem pole, Eastern bark canoe, and a Hopi kachina in the Museum fur Volkerkunde; a diorama showing warriors returning home from battle in the Volkerkundliches Indianer-Museum; and a Dakota effigy pipe and Hidatsa skin painting in the Linden Museum in Stuttgart.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Hans J. Bademann of the German Democratic Republic (now Germany), 1966.

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 81B, Photographic postcards of Native American artifacts in German museums, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 81B

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Sioux
Gros Ventre; Hidatsa

Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Painting Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Canoes and canoeing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kachinas Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Totem poles Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sioux Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Minitari (Hidatsa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hopi Pueblo Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Exhibitions Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smoking paraphernalia Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ethnologisches Museum Berlin Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Volkerundliches Indianer Museum Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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