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Photographic postcards of Native American artifacts in German museums

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Catalog Data

Names:
Ethnologisches Museum Berlin  Search this
Volkerundliches Indianer Museum  Search this
Publisher:
Linden-Museum Stuttgart  Search this
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany)  Search this
Extent:
6 Postcards (6 photographic postcards, silver gelatin)
Culture:
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Minitari (Hidatsa)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Postcards
Date:
circa 1960s
Scope and Contents note:
Postcards made by German museums depicting Native American artifacts in their collections. They include images of a Tlingit totem pole, Eastern bark canoe, and a Hopi kachina in the Museum fur Volkerkunde; a diorama showing warriors returning home from battle in the Volkerkundliches Indianer-Museum; and a Dakota effigy pipe and Hidatsa skin painting in the Linden Museum in Stuttgart.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 81B
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Painting  Search this
Canoes and canoeing  Search this
Kachinas  Search this
Totem poles  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Smoking paraphernalia  Search this
Citation:
Photo lot 81B, Photographic postcards of Native American artifacts in German museums, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.81B
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e7be8714-7060-4f26-9fd3-65343d839c99
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-81b