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Woman in Costume Inside Buddhist? Temple; Ceremonial Objects On Carved Stone Altar

Creator:
Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah, 1856-1928  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 004 in mounted on 005 in x 004 in)
Culture:
Macao  Search this
Chinese  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
1896
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04785600
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on Unstandard card
Place:
Macao -- Portuguese Macao -- Macao City
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Macao: NM 31224 04785600, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Macao / Unspecified
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c78469cd-6bf2-433b-a393-6c6a7cb8f3cd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8521
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Buddhist Temple, Dedicated to A-Ma, Patroness of Seafarers; Junk Carved in Relief on Granite Boulder to Commemorate Legend Of Goddess, in Courtyard

Creator:
Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah, 1856-1928  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (004 in x 005 in mounted on 004 in x 005 in)
Culture:
Macao  Search this
Chinese  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
1896
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04788200
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on Unstandard card
Place:
Macao -- Portuguese Macao -- Macao City
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Macao: NM 31224 04788200, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Macao / Unspecified
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3621d4656-2d45-4ad6-9507-55b475217139
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8547
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Buddhist Temple (Roof Top View)

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photomechanical print (003 in x 002 in mounted on 006 in x 004 in)
Culture:
Chinese  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photomechanical prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04799101
Local Note:
Hand-colored photomechanical print on postcard
Place:
Malaya -- Penang -- Penang
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Malaya: General: Postcards 04799101, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Malaya / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw398a94dac-f756-42d7-b4ee-e4f78ea844cb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8669

Buddhist Temple

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photomechanical print (003 in x 002 in mounted on 006 in x 004 in)
Culture:
Chinese  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photomechanical prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04799102
Local Note:
Hand-colored photomechanical print on postcard
Place:
Malaya -- Penang -- Penang
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Malaya: General: Postcards 04799102, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Malaya / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bef0c7cf-da6b-4939-89d5-e80bb4ac37c4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8670

Buddhist Temple and Surrounding Pagodas

Collector:
United States.. National Archives and Records Administration  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (010 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Thai  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
30 OCT 1923
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04842700
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Siam -- Phra Nakhon Province ? -- Bangkok ?/Wat Haalem Tachin
Thailand -- Phra Nakhon Province ? -- Bangkok ?/Wat Haalem Tachin
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Thailand: General: Nat Arch Coll 04842700, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Thailand / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw310383e47-6fe2-4040-96fb-ee3717007c05
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9108

Buddhist Temple with Buddha Statues and Surrounding Pagodas

Collector:
United States.. National Archives and Records Administration  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (008 in x 010 in)
Culture:
Thai  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
30 OCT 1923
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04842800
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Siam -- Phra Nakhon Province ? -- Bangkok ?/Wat Haalem Tachin
Thailand -- Phra Nakhon Province ? -- Bangkok ?/Wat Haalem Tachin
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Thailand: General: Nat Arch Coll 04842800, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Thailand / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ad39d039-60a5-4116-9179-3dd767ce835f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9109

Non-Native Woman on Bridge Over River Beside Buddhist Temple

Collector:
United States.. National Archives and Records Administration  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (010 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Thai  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
30 OCT 1923
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04842900
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Siam -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Benchamabopit
Thailand -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Benchamabopit
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Thailand: General: Nat Arch Coll 04842900, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Thailand / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a4386e84-9a79-4c0e-bfa1-a5fd847adf04
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9110

Buddhist Temple Beside River

Collector:
United States.. National Archives and Records Administration  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (010 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Thai  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
30 OCT 1923
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04843000
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Siam -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Benchamabopit
Thailand -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Benchamabopit
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Thailand: General: Nat Arch Coll 04843000, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Thailand / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34def75d1-4b1f-44db-9bb6-d8874c09510a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9111

Buddhist Temple and Surrounding Pagodas Covered with Colored Ceramic and Glass

Collector:
United States.. National Archives and Records Administration  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (008 in x 010 in)
Culture:
Thai  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
1924
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04843600
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Siam -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Po
Thailand -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Po
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Thailand: General: Nat Arch Coll 04843600, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Thailand / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38502867c-7fd7-4bac-8177-4a2166857126
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9117

Buddhist Temple and Pagodas Covered with Colored Ceramic and Glass

Collector:
United States.. National Archives and Records Administration  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (008 in x 010 in)
Culture:
Thai  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
1924
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04843700
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Siam -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Po
Thailand -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Po
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Thailand: General: Nat Arch Coll 04843700, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Thailand / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw349fd88bc-df0c-4e6e-9957-4e5e5978a05a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9118

Buddhist Temple and Surrounding Pagodas Covered with Colored Ceramic and Glass

Collector:
United States.. National Archives and Records Administration  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (010 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Thai  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
1924
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04843800
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Siam -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Po
Thailand -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Po
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Thailand: General: Nat Arch Coll 04843800, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Thailand / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34bf7a8b4-2b6b-4c9d-91f2-a6a8cb1a5a6b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9119

Young Boy in Costume in Courtyard? of Buddhist Temple

Collector:
United States.. National Archives and Records Administration  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (008 in x 010 in)
Culture:
Thai  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
1924
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04844400
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Siam -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Po
Thailand -- Phra Nakhon Province -- Bangkok/Wat Po
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Thailand: General: Nat Arch Coll 04844400, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Thailand / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a6901da0-fc1d-43d8-8ffd-9c2c73d42484
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9125

Altar with Statues and Candles Inside Buddhist Temple

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (008 in x 010 in)
Culture:
Thai  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04856100
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Siam -- Phra Nakhon Province ? -- Bangkok ?
Thailand -- Phra Nakhon Province ? -- Bangkok ?
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Thailand: General: NM 27737 04856100, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Thailand / Gen
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ac444e55-6fa8-4836-b59b-0457e592ab72
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9239
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$6.70 Byodo-In Temple, Kaneohe, Hawaii single

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 5257
Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
Hawaii
United States of America
Date:
1/21/2018
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2023.2007.20
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm85afb67d7-3b4a-432b-987b-2cbc04003fb4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2023.2007.20

Daimon gate at Shiba

Artist:
Ogata Gekko 尾形月耕 (1859-1920)  Search this
Medium:
Color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 101.5 × 35.7 cm (39 15/16 × 14 1/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1919
Period:
Taisho era
Topic:
Buddhism  Search this
rain  Search this
Taisho era (1912 - 1926)  Search this
temple  Search this
Japan  Search this
kakemono  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase from the Estate of Robert O. Muller — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art and the Harold P. Stern Memorial Fund
Accession Number:
F2004.7
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye368178995-441a-4696-95cb-fbf1cf823b12
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F2004.7

Buddhist clerical stole - LGBTQ rainbow okesa

Physical Description:
rayon (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 28 1/2 in x 4 in; 72.39 cm x 10.16 cm
Object Name:
clerical stole
Subject:
LGBTQ Rights  Search this
LGBTQ  Search this
Gay Rights  Search this
Credit Line:
Rev. Ronald L. Kobata
ID Number:
2016.0158.01
Accession number:
2016.0158
Catalog number:
2016.0158.01
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4b1a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1811619

Rainbow Sash

Physical Description:
rayon (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 37 in x 4 in; 93.98 cm x 10.16 cm
Object Name:
sash
Subject:
LGBTQ Rights  Search this
LGBTQ  Search this
Gay Rights  Search this
Credit Line:
Rev. Ronald L. Kobata
ID Number:
2016.0158.02
Accession number:
2016.0158
Catalog number:
2016.0158.02
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4a78-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1811620
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Buddhist Temple, Kandy

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 20 3/8 in x 14 1/8 in; 51.7525 cm x 35.8775 cm
image: 7 3/4 in x 10 1/8 in; 19.685 cm x 25.7175 cm
Object Name:
albumen print
Place made:
Sri Lanka: Central, Kandy
Date made:
late 19th century
Subject:
Buddhism  Search this
Architecture  Search this
ID Number:
2012.0203.0070
Accession number:
2012.0203
Catalog number:
2012.0203.0070
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-ceb8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1823463

Robert J. Del Bonta Collection

Creator:
Del Bontà, Robert John  Search this
Former owner:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Names:
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733  Search this
Extent:
12 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Stereographs
Engravings
Place:
India
Shiva
South Asia
India -- Goa
Calcutta (India)
Sri Lanka
Date:
Circa 1500-1900
Scope and Contents:
The collection primarily contains prints, engravings, and books. The majority of the collection highlights the Indian subcontinent from the 16th to the 20th centuries through the lens of Europeans. It contains depiction of the subcontinent's peoples, cultures, monuments, religious sites, and religious practices as seen in Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian publications. Among this collection are also some representations of people from other parts of the world.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into seven series, beginning with the initial gift in support of the 2014 exhibition, Strange and Wondrous: Prints of India from the Robert J. Del Bontà Collection. Each series represents a grouping selected by the donor and follows the donor's original curation of the material. E or engraving numbers reflect the donor's numbering system.

Series 1: Original gift supporting the exhibition, Strange and Wondrous: Prints of India from the Robert J. Del Bontà Collection in 2014 focusing on ascetics and mendicants. Series 2: Prints and Engravings relating to the rulers including Timurid and Mughal rulers Series 3: 16th-17th century prints Series 4: Engravings and prints from around the world Series 5: English engravings depicting India Series 6: Dutch and French engravings of voyages across the world Series 7: French engravings depicting monuments of India
Biographical / Historical:
Dr. Robert J. Del Bontà was born in 1949. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1978. From 1993 to 2000 he was a research associate and guest curator at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. He also curated major exhibitions for the Berkeley Art Museum; the University of Michigan Museum of Art; the Portland Art Museum; and the New Orleans Museum of Art. He writes and lectures on a wide range of subjects relating to South Asian art including paintings, prints, photographs, popular art, sculptures, and architecture. More recently, he also writes about European prints pertaining to Europe's perception of India and Indo-Portuguese art.

Del Bontà began to collect prints related to South Asia while completing his doctorate in South Asian art history at the University of Michigan in the 1970s. The Robert J. Del Bontà collection contains prints and books depicting people, cultures, religious customs, gods and goddesses, and architecture of Asia, with a specific emphasis on South Asian art.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the National Museum of Asian Art's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.
Topic:
Fakirs -- India  Search this
Hinduism  Search this
Voyages and travels  Search this
Ethnography -- South Asia  Search this
Mughal Empire  Search this
Religion  Search this
Buddhist temples  Search this
Cave temples  Search this
Mosques  Search this
Buddhas  Search this
Buddhism  Search this
Genre/Form:
Prints
Stereographs
Engravings
Citation:
Robert J. Del Bonta Collection, FSA A2014.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Identifier:
FSA.A2014.06
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Robert J. Del Bonta Collection
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d67d91eb-ce7c-4c80-b796-d41e9805c3ab
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2014-06
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Aschwin Lippe Collection

Creator:
Lippe, Aschwin, 1914-1988  Search this
Extent:
36 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
India -- description and travel
Date:
1930 - 1988
Summary:
Aschwin Lippe was a research fellow and later curator in the Department of Far Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The collection includes his early research and writings on East Asian art, particularly Chinese paintings. It has substantial material on his involvement in selecting the paintings and writing the catalog for the 1961 Chinese Art Treasures Exhibition. He later shifted his research focus to medieval Indian sculpture. The collection includes journals kept during several years of field research in India as well as his extensive photo-documentation of Indian temples and religious sculpture.
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains limited biographic material. The material covering his career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art includes some memoranda and general items. During his time at the museum he frequently visited public and private art collections, keeping copious object notes. Material documenting his work on the 1961 Chinese Art Treasures exhibition includes a diary of his 1954 visit to Taipei and his notes on objects viewed at the Palace Museum storage facility in Taichung. Also included are his drafts and correspondence from 1960-1961 about proposed exhibit catalog descriptions for the Chinese paintings. Lippe's correspondence consists mostly of letters with scholars and colleagues. In general, the correspondence includes a few letters each to a large number of individuals. He kept correspondence about major projects in the file with other materials relating to that project. Materials on Lippe's research and publications include some items from his initial scholarly interest in Far Eastern art, particularly Chinese painting. This includes drafts and correspondence documenting his participation in the catalog for the Exhibition of Chinese Calligraphy and Paintings in the John M. Crawford Jr. collection. Most of the research collection concerns India and two major publications: "South Indian Architecture and Sculpture" in The Arts of India and his book Indian Medieval Sculpture. Of particular interest are his India field journals (1958-1977) that record visits to sites, travel notes, descriptions and photography. Lippe's wife Simone traveled with him and contributed to the field journals. Photography of temples and especially their sculpture was the focus of his field research. He made 8-by-10-inch black and white enlargements of sites and sculpture that he organized into study albums as needed for a particular article or project. The collection also includes a large number of 35 mm. color slides taken by Simone Lippe that record general views of sites, scenery, daily life and festivals. The collection includes slides and photographs taken during trips elsewhere in Asia and not directly related to Lippe's own research. These are mostly scenic views and general "tourist" pictures. The architecture of Hindu-Buddhist temples and sculpture in countries such as Indonesia and Cambodia may have been of scholarly interest as reflections of ancient Indian cultural influence.
Arrangement:
The Collection is organized into 5 series with subseries. A 6th series inventories items from other series but housed in an Outsize Box. Series 1: Personal and Professional Life

Subseries 1.1: Biographic Material and Metropolitan Museum of Art Career

Subseries 1.2: Notes on Collections

Subseries 1.3: Chinese Art Treasures Exhibition, 1961-1962

Series 2: Correspondence

Series 3: East Asia Research and Publications

Subseries 3.1: Background Material and Manuscripts Subseries 3.2: Crawford Collection Catalog Series 4: India Research and Publications

Subseries 4.1: India Background Materials Subseries 4.2: India Manuscripts and Publications Subseries 4.3: India Fieldwork 1958-1977: Field Journals, Travel Notes and Itineraries

Series 5: Photography

Subseries 5.1: Albums, Lists, and Contact Prints Subseries 5.2: India Photographs Subseries 5.3: Non-India Photographs Subseries: 5.4 India 35 mm. Color slides Subseries 5.5: Non-India 35 mm. Color slides

Series 6: Miscellaneous, Outsize Box
Biographical / Historical:
Aschwin Lippe [Ernst Aschwin Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld] was born June 13, 1914 in Jena, Germany and died March 14, 1988 in The Hague, The Netherlands. In 1951 he married Simone Arnoux, born May 9, 1915 in Paris and died November 21, 2001 in The Hague. As a student in Germany, Lippe studied Chinese, East Asian art and archaeology, and the history of art. He received his Diploma of Chinese in 1933 from the Seminary for Oriental Languages in Berlin and his PhD in Sinology and Far Eastern Art and Archaeology in 1942 from Berlin University. Lippe began his museum career in the Department of East Asian Art of the State Museum in Berlin. In 1949 he joined the staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as a Senior Research Fellow in Far Eastern Art. He became an Associate Curator in 1950, Research Curator in 1964, and Curator Emeritus in 1973. Lippe was a member of the Selection and Catalog Committee for the Chinese Art Treasures Exhibition in 1961, the first major American exhibition of works from the National Palace Museum in Taipei. An expert on Chinese Painting, he visited Taipei in 1954 and was able to travel to Taichung to view paintings and other art objects still in storage. In the 1960s his interests turned increasingly toward Indian medieval temple art and architecture, especially sculpture. Joined by his wife Simone, he made several research trips to India from 1958 to 1970 during which he took detailed photographs of Indian temples, documenting their sculpture. This research was the foundation for Lippe's "South Indian Architecture and Sculpture" section in The Arts of India (1981), and his major work Indian Medieval Sculpture (1978).
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Provenance:
Gift of Thilo von Watzdorf
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.
Topic:
Sculpture -- India  Search this
Photography-India  Search this
Painting, Chinese  Search this
Temples-India  Search this
metropolitan museum of art  Search this
Chinese Art Treasures Exhibition 1961-1962  Search this
Citation:
The Aschwin Lippe Collection. FSA.A2012.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Identifier:
FSA.A2012.01
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Aschwin Lippe Collection
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3c0710ec8-688f-4340-bb79-29dff35cf9ca
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2012-01

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