National Anthropological Archives

Metropolitan Museum of Art photographs of Native American musical instruments, circa 1914

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.87-2K
Creators:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Dates:
circa 1914
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
8 Prints
cyanotype
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.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
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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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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