National Anthropological Archives

Dino J. Grossa photographs of Waica peoples, 1970

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.79-31
Creators:
Grossa, Dino J.
Dates:
1970
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
4 Color prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs documenting Waica people, including one image of two men smoking yapo. Dino J. Grossa made the photographs in a village or villages on the Orinoco River near Caracas, Venezuela, on May 22, 1970.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Padre Dino J. Grossa was part of a UNESCO mission to Venezuela.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Marie Luise Beckh, Caracas, through Clifford Evans, 1978.

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 79-31, Dino J. Grossa photographs of Waica peoples, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Motion picture film depicting Waica people can be found in the Human Studies Film Archives in HSFA 2006.2.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 79-31

Other Finding Aids note

Other Finding Aids note
Inventory available in repository.

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Guaika


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Akawaio (Acawai) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Orinoco River Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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