Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Exhibit

Place:

Florida

Date:

1962

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Summary:

An exhibit of "Wood Carvers of Southern Florida" includes wood, shell and plant fibers used by the Calusa Indians of southern Florida and the tools, weapons and utensils fashioned with the raw materials. The exhibit is on display in the National Museum of Natural History's North American Archeology Exhibit which opened in November 1962.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 9

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Exhibitions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Indians of North America  Search this

Hall of North American Archeology (Exhibition)  Search this

Calusa Indians  Search this

Wood  Search this

Wood carvings  Search this

Wood-carvers  Search this

Standard number:

MNH-995

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_10573