Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.95-41
- Creators:
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- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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90 prints
circa
silver gelatin
- Repository:
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Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs made by Felix Giovanni and Paul Berg depicting Colombian peoples, including Guahibo-Sikuani and some Piapoco Indians. They include images relating to hunting and fishing, ceremonies and dances, canoes and their preparation, food preparation, washing, weaving, pottery, and the construction of a house. The photographs are mounted on unbound pages of two albums, and there are some duplicates between them.
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 95-41
,
USNM ACC 400216
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 95-41, Felix Giovanni and Paul Berg photographs of peoples in southeastern Colombia, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Items collected by Giovanni on expedition to southeastern Colombia held in Department of Anthropology collections in accession 400216.
Custodial History note
Custodial History note
Photographs purchased by Tom Bellis in Bogota, Colombia, in 1945. Donated with Colombian artifacts to the National Museum of Natural History by Genevieve H. Bellis, Tom Bellis's widow, in 1995 (accession 400216). Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by William Crocker, 1995.
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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