The bulk of the collection consists of portraits of identified American Indians and some government officials and interpreters. It includes cabinet cards, other mounted prints, newspaper articles, illustrations, and a photographic postcard. Depicted individuals include American Horse, Oglala; Black Hawk, Sauk; Bob Tail, Cheyenne; Crowfoot, Hunkpapa; Gaul, Hunkpapa; Geronimo, Chiricahua; John Grass, Teton; Chief Joseph, Nez Perce; Little Wound, Oglala; Medicine Bull, Hunkpapa; Osceola, Seminole; Ouray, Ute; Litte Raven, Arapaho; Plenty Coups, Crow; Pocahontas, Powhatan; Rain in the Face, Hunkpapa; Red Cloud, Oglala; Red Iron, Dakota; Short Man, Piegan; Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa; Standing On Prairie, Siouan; Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk; Two Guns White Calf, Piegan; Two Moon, Cheyenne; and Washakie, Shoshoni.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 87-2P
Contained in:
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collections, undated
See others in:
United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection of American Indians, undated
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 87-2P, United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection of American Indians, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Lindt, J. W. (John William), 1845-1926 Search this
Extent:
38 Prints (silver gelatin)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Place:
Solomon Islands
Fiji
Hawaii
New Guinea
Samoa
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
New Caledonia.
Date:
circa 1880-1890
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs depicting artifacts collected and peoples encountered during the Wilkes Expedition, also known as the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. They include images of clubs, axes, spears, sennit rolls, paddles and canoes, a drum, clothing, and people from Fiji, Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Samoa, and the Solomon Islands. Many of the photographs are notated with the artifacts' probable origins. The photographs were possibly made by the Department of Anthropology, and John William Lindt, with some collected by Gustavus Goward.
Biographical/Historical note:
The second USS Albatross, a United States Fish Commission steamer, embarked on expeditions in the South and Central Pacific in the 1880s and 1890s. On one of these expeditions, the Smithsonianʹs Department of Anthropology sent photographs of material in its Oceanic collection for additional information gathering, probably including the photographs in this collection.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 73-50
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs from the Wilkes Expedition, collected by Goward, can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 97.
Additional Lindt photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 8 and Photo Lot 97.
Reports and documents from the Wilkes Expedition can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 382524, MS 7441, MS 7439, MS 7235, and records of the Department of Anthropology.
Artifacts and specimens collected by the Wilkes Expedition can be found in various departments of the National Museum of Natural History in accessions 66A00050, 1150, 48933, and 74A00057.
Manuscripts and records relating to the USS Albatross can be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in the Bureau of Fisheries records (SIA RU007184) and Frederick M. Chamberlain's papers (SIA RU007258).
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 73-50, Photographs of artifacts from the Wilkes Expedition, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
