National Anthropological Archives

Margaret Santiago photograph and postcard collection relating to people and animals in southern Africa, undated

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.91-22
Creators:
Santiago, Margaret
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
4 Prints
silver gelatin (including some on postcard-imprinted stock)
2 Postcards
halftone
1 Postcard
photogravure
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting a Zulu mother and child, two women bearing loads on their heads, two women described as "South African native belles," a group of Namibian women using mortars and pestles, a Namibian woman and baby, zebras, and elephants. They include photographs made by Joseph Reiter and Lynn Acutt.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Sent to the archives by the National Museum of Natural History regisrar's office in accord with a note left by Mrs. Santiago, stating "send to Anthropology," 1991.

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 91-22, Margaret Santiago photograph and postcard collection relating to people and animals in southern Africa, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Acutt photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 97.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional postcards of Africa held in the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives Postcard Collection.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Namibia Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zulu (African people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Namibians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Child care Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Africa, Southern Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
South Africa Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mozambique Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Acutt, Lynn Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Reiter, Joseph Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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