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National Anthropological Archives
Metropolitan Museum of Art photographs of Native American musical instruments, circa 1914
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.87-2K
- Creators:
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
- Dates:
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circa 1914
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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8 Printscyanotype
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting Native American musical instruments in the Crosby Brown Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including Northwest Coast reed instruments and rattles.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1884 by Mrs. John Crosby Brown. Originally 276 specimens, the collection grew to over 3500 by the publication of the Metropolitan Museum's catalog of the collection in 1914-1915.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Three photographs in this collection were found in 1972, along with other collections in Photo Lot 87-2, as something which had been set aside as a "problem collection," though this may only reflect that it was unprocessed. The rest had been filed with the Bureau of American Ethnology collection of source prints.
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 87-2K, Metropolitan Museum of Art photographs of Native American musical instruments, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Five photographs previously filed in Photo Lot 24 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 87-2K. These are also Metropolitan Museum of Art photographs of the Crosby Brown Collection and form part of this collection.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 87-2K
Bibliography
Bibliography
Photographs published in Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catalog of Musical Instruments, vol. 2, 1914; or Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catalog of Crosby Brown Collection, vol. 2, 1914.
Keywords
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Museum exhibits | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Musical instruments | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Apache | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Cyanotypes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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