Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Ward, Herbert 1863-1919  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

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

Natural History Building  Search this

Physical description:

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

Type:

Photographic print

Exhibit

Date:

1922

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

For further information on Herbert Ward and his African Collection see the Smithsonian Institution's book entitled "The Herbert Ward African Collection".

Summary:

An exhibit case filled with West African wood carvings from an exhibition of the Herbert Ward African Collection in the United States National Museum (USNM), now the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), which opened March 1, 1922. Herbert Ward was an explorer, soldier, author, and artist, who collected objects of native African handicraft during his explorations on the Congo. Spears can be seen on the adjacent walls.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 22

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Herbert Ward African Collection  Search this

Congo  Search this

West African  Search this

Wood  Search this

Carvings  Search this

Statues  Search this

Anthropology  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Masks  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Spears  Search this

Standard number:

26819-A or MNH-26819A

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_9045