National Museum of the American Indian

Comcaac (Seri) photographs from Sonora, Mexico

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.451
Creators:
Norris, S. B.
Dates:
1920
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
5 Photographic prints
black and white
Repository:
Photographic prints made by physician S. B. Norris among the Comcaac (Seri) community in 1920. Photographed somewhere along the Sonora Coast, 50 miles north of Isla Tiburón, in Mexico.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection includes five photographic, black and white, silver gelatin prints. The photographs were made among the Comcaac (Seri) community in 1920, somewhere along the Sonora Coast, 50 miles north of Isla Tiburón, in Mexico. The images include group portraits of community members along the beach.
Scope and Contents
Catalog numbers include: P00161-P00165.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Arranged by catalog number.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
More research is needed on photographer S. B. Norris. It is possible that he was a physician working in Maricopa County, Arizona in the 1920s.

Administration

Author
Rachel Menyuk
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information is unknown. More research is needed.
Processing Information
Processed by Rachel Menyuk, Processing Archivist, 2024.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Comcaac (Seri) photographs from Sonora, Mexico, image #, NMAI.AC.451; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Comcaac (Seri) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographic prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sonora (Mexico) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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