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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of Easter Island manuscripts, circa 1970
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.127
- Dates:
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circa 1970
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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34 Printssilver gelatin
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of pages from two manuscripts with Easter Island texts. Adrienne Kaeppler of the Smithsonian Institution identified them as copies of petroglyphs, drawings, and pictographs from rongorongo boards with an explanation of the characters in the native language. The location of the original manuscripts has not yet been determined.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Pedro Vilaseca of Santiago, Chile, circa 1970.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 127, Photographs of Easter Island manuscripts, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional depictions of Rongorongo script held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 75-13 and MS 1292.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 127
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Rongorongo script | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Easter Island | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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