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circa 1970
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34 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.127
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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.
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Weir, Thomas
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circa 1965-1980
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12 Negatives (acetate)
13 color slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.85-27
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Images of people, pottery making, and a market in Vietnam. The photographs were probably made in Cambodia and Vietnam, though they may have also been made in Laos, Thailand, Burma, or Malaysia.
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Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950
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circa 1903-1904
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1 Page (Sheet music :)
128 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.128
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of Guatuso Indians and activities including pottery making, as well as images of artifacts, mainly Indian whistles from the collections of the National Museum in San Jose. A sheet of music accompanies the photographs.
Photographs and correspondence relating to Mayan and Mixtec codices
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circa 1956
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1 Negative (glass)
7 Negatives (nitrate and acetate)
7 Prints (silver gelatin)
1 Item (1 paper (questionable Mayan codex on book lining))
3 Letters
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.126
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs and papers relating to alleged Mayan codices. The correspondence between Matthew Williams Stirling and Eric Thompson discusses the authenticity of a possible codex, also in the collection, which was found on a book in Oaxaca by a missionary. Additional photographs in the collection document another possible codex, which was discovered...
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
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undated
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64 Photographic prints (1 album box, color)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.125
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs documenting 18th and 19th century textiles from New Hampshire and Finland; clothing and fashion in Tuscany and London; gourd and agave cultivation; and early English seals. The photographs and published pages appear to have been collected in the department for transfer to other departments and divisions; the transfers, however, were nev...
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Hatcher, J. B. (John Bell), 1861-1904
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1896-1899
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22 mounted prints (silver gelatin and albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.124
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made in Patagonia by John Bell Hatcher during his expeditions to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. They document Tehuelche and Yahgan Indians, dwellings, and the natural environment.
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1985
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13 Negatives (acetate, 35 mm)
10 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.85-14
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs documenting a reception honoring Douglas H. Ubelaker's transition from Department Chairman. They include images of Douglas H. Ubelaker and other members of the Department of Anthropology staff, as well as gifts given to Ubelaker in celebration of his five-year tenure as chairman. The photographs were probably made by a Smithsonian photo...
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Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949
McGee, W J, 1853-1912
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circa 1903-1904
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6 Prints (duplicates not counted, silver gelatin)
1 color lithograph
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.121
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs and a lithograph probably collected by W J McGee during the first decade of the 20th century. The photographs were probably made by Bailey Willis during his 1903 expedition to China and were collected by W. J. McGee for his US Department of Agriculture bulletin on Soil Erosion (1911); they document terraced rice fields in China. The lit...
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Schreter, A. Harvey
- Dates:
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circa 1985
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1 audio cassette: 90 minutes
18 color slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.85-13
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs and audio recording made by A. Harvey Schreter documenting ceremonies of Jivaro Indians, including the shaman Tukupi. The photographs depict Jivaro Indians, dwellings, basketmaking, a quiver with curare, and members of Schreter's expedition party. Also includes images of sacred falls in Miasal, Ecuador and a map of areas that Schrete...
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Riesenberg, Saul H. (possible collector)
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circa 1890-1970
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16 Prints (16 prints (duplicates not included), silver gelatin, albumen, copy prints)
6 copy negatives (acetate)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.112
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs relating to South Pacific peoples, possibly collected for an exhibit by Saul Riesenberg at the National Museum of Natural History. A large portion of the collection consists of photographic copies of published woodcuts, etchings, and lithographs. Additional photographs in the collection were made by William Louis Abbott (accession 41342...