El Aire: Wixarika (Huichol) woman
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1937
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1 Photographic print
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.008
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Portrait of a Wixarika (Huichol) woman wearing an embroidered xikuri (shricuri), a poncho-like garment that can be worn on the head or shoulders, in El Aire, Nayarit State, Mexico.
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1937
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1 Photographic print
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.008
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
View from below of a Wixarika (Huichol) cantador (singer) holding a fiddle at Squash fiesta in El Aire, Nayarit State, Mexico. He holds up a prayer stick with feathers in his other hand.
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1937
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1 Photographic print
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.008
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
View of a Wixarika (Huichol) woman sitting on the ground spinning with a drop spindle in El Aire, Nayarit State, Mexico.
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1937
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1 Photographic print
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.008
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Portrait of a Wixarika (Huichol) man wearing traditional embroidered clothing in Coyultita, Nayarit State, Mexico.
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1937
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1 Photographic print
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.008
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Portrait of a Wixarika (Huichol) man in traditional clothing with woven belts and bag standing by a tree in Las Juntas (Las Huntas), Nayarit State, Mexico.
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1937
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1 Photographic print
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.008
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Close-up portrait of a Wixarika (Huichol) man's face painted with sun symbols for Hikuri Neixa (Peyote Dance) in Las Juntas (Las Huntas), Nayarit, Mexico.
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1937
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1 Photographic print
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.008
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
View from behind of a Wixarika (Huichol) group travelling with horses on the road to Mesa de Nayar in Nayarit State, Mexico.
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1973 March 15
- Level:
- file
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36 negatives (photographic)
2 contact sheets
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.058
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Views of the Museum, church, and market in Uruapan, Michoacan State. Views of the Estrada Family, Purepecha (Tarasco), in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan State.
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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2007
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1 video recording (MiniDV)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-052
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Dr. Gabrielle Tayac, a historian at the National Museum of the American Indian, discussed the history and culture of the Nacotchtank Indians who lived within the boundaries of present-day Washington, D.C., and the Anacostia area. She also spoke of the Algonquian languages as well as the destruction of the Nacotchtank people, language, and culture.
Interview created in conjunction with the Anacostia Community Museum's 40th Anniversary Oral History Project and the exhibition, 'East of the River: Continuity and Change.' Dated 20070504
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Harte, Neville A.
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Harte, Eva M.
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1951-1967
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52 Photographic Prints (3.5"x4.25")
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.089
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Neville A. Harte (1907-1997) was an amateur archaeologist in Panama in the 1950's and 1960's. This collection contains 52 photographic prints of archeological objects excavated at Venado Beach, Panama as well as photographs of the excavation itself. The archaeological collection was sold by Neville and Eva Harte to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in 1967.