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"A Dahomey Priest Spinning Sacred Cotton" (copy 1)

Extent:
1 Engraving (15 3/4 x 11 in. (40 x 28 cm.))
Container:
Map-case 1, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Engravings
Date:
1877 December 29
General note:
Engraver: Charles Robinson

Citation: p. 620
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Collection Citation:
Historic Engravings Collection, EEPA 2010-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2010-003, File EEPA.2010.003.0041
See more items in:
Historic Engravings collection
Historic Engravings collection / Series 1: Illustrated London News / [EEPA 2010-003-0039 to 0043B]
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c21baea4-0bc4-490f-b953-9be6f9f05632
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2010-003-ref121

"A Dahomey Priest Spinning Sacred Cotton" (copy 2)

Extent:
1 Engraving (8 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (22.2 x 31.8 cm.))
Container:
Map-case 1, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Engravings
Date:
1877 December 29
General note:
Engraver: Charles Robinson

Citation: p. 620
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Collection Citation:
Historic Engravings Collection, EEPA 2010-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2010-003, File EEPA.2010.003.0042
See more items in:
Historic Engravings collection
Historic Engravings collection / Series 1: Illustrated London News / [EEPA 2010-003-0039 to 0043B]
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo750d56191-38e0-43fb-9280-b50519b92626
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2010-003-ref124

"Chief Priest [Blue] dancing by the side of Lodge-Maker [Little-Hawk]"

Creator:
Dorsey, George Amos  Search this
Collector:
Tilton, Willis G.  Search this
Collection Collector:
Tilton, Willis G.  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (photographic negative)
Culture:
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Oklahoma -- Eagle City
Date:
1903
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.T9712
Local Note:
Cataloging based on examination of NAA file print.
Place: "a few miles east of Eagle City,... on the north fork of the North Canadian River (not the Washita). George F. Sutton, 10-15-73.
Negative
Related Materials:
Related negatives in the Field Museum of Natural History, Photography Department, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 89-8, Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f9014187-4c02-4524-84f9-80f353b7da3d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-89-8-ref676

"Chief Yen-aht-setl, Chief of the Yakutats," holding rattle

Creator:
Libbey, William  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Tlingit -- Yakutat  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Tlingit  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1886
Scope and Contents:
Front section of headdress carved of wood with abalone shell inlay. Topknot may be of feather quills with feathers stripped off, or of sea lion whiskers with feathers tied on. Pendants of ermine skins with heads and tails suspended from top of headdress. Tsimshian-like rattle.
Biographical / Historical:
"He was the chief of Teqwedi's Shark House on Khataak Island - the most important man at Yakutat." Died ca. 1890. -Information from Frederica de Laguna.

Photographer: Professor William Libbey of Princeton.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42119
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Libbey, William
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36286142d-1d3e-42c8-9222-08e6a1828e10
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9849

"Coevolution" Panlade Priest, Conrad Labandeira, John Kress, and Ted Schultz, January 24, 2003

Collection Creator::
National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach  Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 1
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-062, National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach, Friday Noon Lecture Program Audiotapes
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Friday Noon Lecture Program Audiotapes
Friday Noon Lecture Program Audiotapes / Box 1
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa10-062-refidd1e443

"Dharani" Or Magical Formula. (Dharani)

Collector:
William W. Rockhill  Search this
Donor Name:
Accession Number Unknown  Search this
Object Type:
Prayer
Place:
Korea / Nepal (not certain), Asia
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
000000
USNM Number:
E151699-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/399db0718-04d7-4d44-abfc-0ff1b3ef97ae
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8341469
Online Media:

"Differences in Dress of Acolyte and Priest or Lord on Stele from Piedras Negras and Yaxchilan"

Collection Creator:
Wormington, Hannah Marie  Search this
Container:
Box 21
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
The Hannah Marie Wormington papers are open for research.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Hannah Marie Wormington Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Hannah Marie Wormington Papers
Hannah Marie Wormington Papers / Series 4: Wormington Publications / College Papers
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31f462c81-67e3-428f-a160-a2d1a871c6f0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1995-19-ref479

"Episcopal Church, Yankton Agency"

Creator:
Cross, W.R., of Niobrara, Nebraska  Search this
Collection Collector:
Allen, George V.  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph (7 x 4 in.)
Culture:
Sioux  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Stereographs
Scope and Contents:
Episcopal priests and Dakota in European dress are in front of the church.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09841800
Other Title:
New Spotted Tail Agency
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Sioux  Search this
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31c126c9e-fb60-407b-b36d-567f6cf29b85
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-90-1-ref719
Online Media:

"Filling the Sacred Pipe" (Sun Dance)

Creator:
Dorsey, George Amos  Search this
Collector:
Tilton, Willis G.  Search this
Names:
Blue  Search this
Little Hawk  Search this
Porcupine  Search this
Collection Collector:
Tilton, Willis G.  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (photographic negative)
Culture:
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Oklahoma -- Eagle City
Date:
1903
Scope and Contents:
Lodge Maker (Little-Hawk), the Chief-Priest (Blue), and assistant Chief Priest (Porcupine, Sioux), from left to right.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.T9883
Local Note:
Cataloging based on examination of NAA file print.
3 negatives. Not listed on the original pink list. Original Negative Numbers: 9883, 9887, 9903.
Negative
Related Materials:
Related negatives in the Field Museum of Natural History, Photography Department, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 89-8, Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw345b5a7c5-6be3-4af6-83e1-003ce86b16b1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-89-8-ref702

"Limestone statue of Renôfre, High Priest of Heliopolis.", Egypt

Artist:
Vassiliou, D.  Search this
Creator:
Lehnert & Landrock  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (Box, color, 4 x 6 in)
Container:
Box 24
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Egypt -- Kings and rulers
Egypt
Scope and Contents:
D Vassiliou [artist signature]; [Arabic script][,] No. 503 Limestone statue of Renôfre, High Priest[,] of Heliopolis. Found in a Vth Dynasty[,] mastaba at Sakkara.; Copyright by Lehnert & Landrock Succ. Cairo; POST CARD[,] EGYPT. Designed by Vassiliou, D.. Published by Lehnert & Landrock Succ. Cairo.
Series Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Item Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6995
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Stephen Grant postcards
Stephen Grant postcards / Pulled for Conservation
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7eee2774d-bcad-405e-b45b-5dfb19383d21
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2001-001-ref8568

"Medical Leave of K. A. Ehricke During Space Industrialization Study" (Ehricke to P. Priest, MSFC, 18 Aug 1976)

Collection Creator:
Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984  Search this
Container:
Box 220, Folder 12
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Krafft A. Ehricke Papers, Accession 2003-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers
Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers / Series 4: Reference Files / Space and Lunar Industry / Studies and Projects / Space Industrialization (NASA contract NAS8-32198) [73 folders, total]
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg218799c23-9571-47fd-add3-d3c8e3e410a8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2003-0025-ref3974

"Monthly Progress Report for September/October" (Ehricke to C. C. Priest, MSFC; RI reference 76MA4823, 29 Oct 1976)

Collection Creator:
Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984  Search this
Container:
Box 222, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Krafft A. Ehricke Papers, Accession 2003-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers
Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers / Series 4: Reference Files / Space and Lunar Industry / Studies and Projects / Space Industrialization (NASA contract NAS8-32198) [73 folders, total]
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg27ade588a-bec4-4b02-891a-bed15c66df16
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2003-0025-ref3987

"Other sheep I have" : the autobiography of Father Paul M. Washington / with David McI. Gracie ; afterword by Barbara Harris

Author:
Washington, Paul M. 1921-2002  Search this
Gracie, David McI. 1932-  Search this
Subject:
Washington, Paul M. 1921-2002  Search this
Episcopal Church Biography  Search this
Church of the Advocate (Philadelphia, Pa.) History  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 248 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date:
1994
20th century
Topic:
Priests--Biography  Search this
Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church  Search this
Church history  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_471440

"Priests Abandoning the Lone-Tipi" Sun Dance held a few miles east of Eagle City on the north fork of the Washita

Creator:
Dorsey, George Amos  Search this
Collector:
Tilton, Willis G.  Search this
Collection Collector:
Tilton, Willis G.  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (photographic negative)
Culture:
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Oklahoma -- Eagle City
Date:
1903
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.T9891
Local Note:
Cataloging based on examination of NAA file print.
Negative
Related Materials:
Related negatives in the Field Museum of Natural History, Photography Department, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 89-8, Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw385234c6d-282d-4eb5-9c2b-1570bd63aea3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-89-8-ref703

"Priests Inserting the Altar Foliage" Sun Dance

Creator:
Dorsey, George Amos  Search this
Collector:
Tilton, Willis G.  Search this
Collection Collector:
Tilton, Willis G.  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (photographic negative)
Culture:
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Oklahoma -- Eagle City
Date:
1903
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.T9869
Local Note:
Cataloging based on examination of NAA file print.
Not listed on original pink list.
Negative
Related Materials:
Related negatives in the Field Museum of Natural History, Photography Department, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 89-8, Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3841d69fd-5135-4ce3-8a9f-ef38f0f4e36c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-89-8-ref701

"Priests"

Collection Creator:
Lanux, Eyre de  Search this
Container:
Box 7, Folder 56
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1970
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Eyre de Lanux papers, 1865-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Eyre de Lanux papers
Eyre de Lanux papers / Series 5: Writings and Notes
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9210536a5-afdf-41d9-9410-76ac179dc63b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-lanueyre-ref264

"Sanimaout, High priest of the Amontemple (XVIII Dyn.)", Cairo, Egypt

Creator:
Lehnert & Landrock  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (Binder, b&w, 5.5 x 3.5 in)
Container:
Binder 22
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Egypt
Scope and Contents:
Sanimaout, High priest of the[,] Amontemple (XVIII Dyn.); Cairo Museum.; 740; Copyright by Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo; POST-CARD[,] Egypt. Published by Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo
Series Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Item Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Museums  Search this
Identifier:
EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6266
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Stephen Grant postcards
Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Museums
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72548a34d-eaef-4458-ae1a-d8e0428138c2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2001-001-ref7837

"Sayatasha and Hututu (rain priests) and two Ya'muhakto (warriors)."

Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
Scene in the Zuni Shalako Ceremony. Copy of original painting by Wells Moses Sawyer.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42189 A
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a947f938-b992-4d67-aceb-9e3009d62fe6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref12097

"Seti I High Priest.", Egypt

Creator:
Aboudi, Mohamed  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (Binder, b&w, 5.5 x 3.5 in)
Container:
Binder 17
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Egypt
Scope and Contents:
THEBES -- Seti I High Priest.; N; CARTE POSTALE. Published by Mohamed Aboudi, Luxor
Series Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Item Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4814
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Stephen Grant postcards
Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Thebes
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a60ccd13-a876-480b-b5f0-4dc0eaefa3be
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2001-001-ref6380

"Snake priest, Oraibi"

Collection Collector:
Allen, George V.  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (4 x 6.25 in.)
Culture:
Hopi -- Oraibi -- Dance  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Scope and Contents:
The item is mounted in a photograph album. The priest is in the village square.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09970600
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Dance -- Hopi  Search this
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31969fbdd-9eae-4c12-9f29-fa842a42343f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-90-1-ref1935

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