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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of Julia Averkieva, circa 1930
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.89-46
- Dates:
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circa 1930
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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4 Copy prints
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Portraits of Julia Averkieva when she was about twenty years old, circa 1930.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Julia Pavlovna Petrova-Averkieva (1907-1980) was a Soviet anthropologist and student of Franz Boas. She became director of North American Studies at the Institute of Ethnography in Moscow and compiled "the most comprehensive Native American string figure collection ever assembled from a single tribe" in her book, Kwakiutl String Figures.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Originals note
Originals retained by Nancy Oestreich Lurie and may now be in Lurie's papers at the Milwaukee Public Museum or the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Custodial History note
Given by Dr. Mark Sherman, coauthor of Averkieva's Kwakiutl String Figures, to Nancy Oestreich Lurie of the Milwaukee Public Museum. Donated by Lurie in 1989.
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 89-46, Photographs of Julia Averkieva, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
The American Philosophical Society holds the Franz Boas Papers.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 89-46
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Averkieva, I︠U︡lii︠a︡ Pavlovna | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
National Anthropological Archives
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4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu
