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David I. Bushnell photographs of Aztec atlatls

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Creator:
Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941  Search this
Names:
Collegio romano. Museo  Search this
Università di Firenze. Museo di storia naturale  Search this
Extent:
3 mounted composite prints (probably platinum)
Culture:
Aztec (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1905-1906
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs depicting Aztec atlatls in the Museo Nazionale di Antropologia e Etnologia of the Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Universita degli Studi of Florence, Italy, and the Museo Kircheriano in Rome. Complete images of each atlatl were made by combining multiple prints. There are also extracts from Bushnell's article about the objects, "Two Ancient Mexican Atlatls," American Anthropologist, vol. 8 (1906), pages 218-221.
Biographical/Historical note:
David Ives Bushnell, Jr. (1875-1941) was educated in St. Louis, Missouri, and in Europe before joining his first anthropological expedition to northern Minnesota in 1899. From 1901-1904, he worked as an archaeological assistant at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University and continued his studies in anthropology. In addition to excavations and studies, Bushnell went to Europe in 1904 and documented North American ethnographic material held in collections and museums there. The Smithsonian hired him as a contributor to the Handbook of American Indians (1907) before appointing him editor for the Bureau of American Ethnology (1912-1921).
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 80-35, USNM ACC 55031
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Surveys, reports, data and notes by Bushnell held in National Anthropological Archives MS 3433, MS 2255, MS 3434, MS 4098, MS 7138, MS 4109, MS 2126, and MS 4494.
Photographs by Bushnell held in National Anthropological Archives Photo lot 141B, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 2522-c, and the BAE historical negatives.
Correspondence from Bushnell can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. Papers, John P. Harrington Papers, Ales Hrdlicka Papers, Bureau of American Ethnology records, and MS 4210.
The Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary holds the David Ives Bushnell, Jr. Papers, 1797-1941 and the Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard University holds the Bushnell, David Ives, Jr. (1875-1941) collection records, as well as his large painting and artifact collection.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Throwing-sticks  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 80-35, David I. Bushnell photographs of Aztec atlatls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.80-35
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ed7d7ff8-ae1b-4b29-a424-a9682781fa34
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-80-35