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Creator:

London Stereoscopic Company  Search this

Collector:

Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (003 in x 004 in mounted on 003 in x 004 in)

Culture:

British  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

1871

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.01149100

NAA MS.4689:50

Local Note:

Photo Taken After November 1871

Black and white Photoprint on Standard Card in Album

Place:

Great Britain -- London

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 24 SPC BAE 4689 Stevenson Papers/Photos 01149100, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 5: Material which did not lend itself to classification / BAE / BAE 4689 Stevenson Papers/Photos

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3755a9083-b273-4f24-8ee8-e088dda5d117

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref21705

Author:

Kelly, Julia 1970-  Search this

Physical description:

xiv, 173 pages illustrations 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Paris

Date:

2007

20th century

20e siècle

Geschichte 1920-1940

Topic:

Ethnology in art  Search this

Art, Colonial  Search this

Art, Modern  Search this

Ethnologie dans l'art  Search this

Art colonial  Search this

Art  Search this

20.70 European art  Search this

Surrealismus  Search this

Ethnologie  Search this

Kunst  Search this

Avant-garde  Search this

Ethnographics  Search this

Modern konst  Search this

Etnologi i konsten  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1155914

Author:

Helm, June 1924-  Search this

Event place:

American Ethnological Society Spring Meeting (1967 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Distributor:

University of Washington Press  Search this

Contributor:

American Ethnological Society  Search this

Physical description:

v, 227 pages 28 cm

Type:

Congresses

Congrès

Conference papers and proceedings

Date:

1968

Topic:

Tribes--Cross-cultural studies  Search this

Indigenous peoples--Cross-cultural studies  Search this

Ethnicity--Cross-cultural studies  Search this

Tribus--Études transculturelles  Search this

Ethnicité--Études transculturelles  Search this

Tribus--Congrès  Search this

Ethnicité  Search this

Autochtones  Search this

Political anthropology--Congresses  Search this

Social structure--Congresses  Search this

Tribes--Congresses  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_481957

Author:

Conference on Manding Studies (1972 : University of London)  Search this

Physical description:

v. ; 33 cm

Type:

Congresses

Place:

Mali

Date:

1995

1972

Topic:

Social life and customs  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Call number:

DT474.6.M36 C74 1972

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_482744

Maker:

Larson, Hulda Fredricka  Search this

Larson, Ellen Sophia Cecilia  Search this

Physical Description:

fabric, cotton (overall material)

thread, cotton (overall material)

filling, cotton (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 66 in x 59 in; 167 cm x 149 cm

Object Name:

quilt

Date made:

1905

Subject:

Expositions and Fairs  Search this

Quilting  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. Judith Anderson Weise

ID Number:

1986.0032.01

Catalog number:

1986.0032.01

Accession number:

1986.0032

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Home and Community Life: Textiles

Popular Entertainment

Family & Social Life

Textiles

Domestic Furnishings

Quilts

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-862f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_556203

Author:

Adala, Hermenegildo  Search this

Boutrais, Jean  Search this

Physical description:

314 pages maps 25 cm

Type:

Congresses

Congrès

Conference papers and proceedings

History

Place:

Cameroon

Adamaoua

Cameroun

Adamaoua (Cameroon)

Adamaoua (Cameroun)

Kamerun

Adamaua

Ngaoundéré <1992>

Date:

1993

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Fula (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this

Ethnologie  Search this

Peuls (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this

Cameroon  Search this

Cameroon studies  Search this

1992  Search this

conference papers (form)  Search this

73.06 ethnography  Search this

Manners and customs  Search this

Native peoples  Search this

History  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Histoire  Search this

Mœurs et coutumes  Search this

Adamaoua (Cameroon)--History--Congresses  Search this

Adamaoua (Cameroon)--Social life and customs--Congresses  Search this

Ethnology--Cameroon--Adamaoua--Congresses  Search this

Fula (African people)--Social life and customs--Congresses  Search this

Geschichte--1800-1990  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_469282

Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Extent:

6567 Slides (photographs) (11 Binders, color)

14 Documents (1 Binder)

1,946 Slides (Color, 35 mm)

Culture:

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Nigerians  Search this

Tuaregs  Search this

Fulani  Search this

Nuba  Search this

Igbo (African people)  Search this

Turkana  Search this

Pokot  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Documents

Slides

Color slides

Photographic prints

Photographs

Place:

Nigeria

Africa

Lagos (Nigeria)

Date:

1961-circa 2005

Summary:

The collection consists of 8,515 color slides taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg during various field studies among the Yoruba in southwest Nigeria between 1961 and circa 2007. The images depict Yoruba art and culture with a special focus on artisans, art objects, body arts, costume, festivals, hairstyles, indigenous photography, weaving and textiles. Cultural events depicted include Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art and wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles are also available in this collection.

Scope and Contents note:

This 6,567 slide collection documents Houlberg's studies in Southwestern Nigeria spanning from 1961 to circa 2005. In 2015, Houlberg donated an additional 1,948 color slides to the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives. These slides have been added to the EEPA 2005-002 finding aid, bringing the total to 8,515 slides.

The collection primarily includes photos of people, including the Ogboni, Pokot, Yoruba, Turkana and Igbo, shrines, festivals and rituals, art objects, and artists. A particular strength of the collection are photos of Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg mostly photographed in Ilishan, Ikenne, Ilara, Shagamu, Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, and Egbe.

Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art, wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Several Yoruba art forms, including photography, scarification tattoos, and textiles (both cloth and dress), are represented in the collection. Additionally, there are numerous slides of Yoruba hairstyles, many of which she published in her article, Social Hair: Tradition and Change in Yoruba Hairstyles in Southwestern Nigeria.

Yoruba ritual specialists, such as Ife-olu Solaru, Olufunke, and Yesufu Ejigboye, appear frequently throughout the collection. Houlberg documented her many stays with these individuals over the years.

There is also one binder of manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles.

Arrangement note:

The collection is organized into 29 series according to subject. The series descriptions correspond with particular subjects used in Houlberg's teaching and lectures, and based on donor's notes. All slides were kept in the order in which they were donated.

Series 1: African Hairstyles, circa 1973-1994 (Binder 1; 212 slides)

Series 2: Egungun Festival, 1961-circa 1988 (Binder 1; 362 slides)

Series 3: Gelede, circa 1969-circa 1989 (Binder 2; 301 slides)

Series 4: Ibeji Twins, circa 1969-circa 1990 (Binders 2-3; 854 slides)

Series 5: Ogboni Art Objects and Shrines, circa 1969-circa 1982 (Binder 4; 92 slides)

Series 6: Art Objects Depicting Ogun, circa 1969-circa 1983 (Binder 4; 56 slides)

Series 7: Olojufoforo Art and Festivities, circa 1968-circa 1975 (Binder 4; 21 slides)

Series 8: Yoruba People, Architecture, and Art, circa 1969-circa 1985 (Binder 4; 260 slides)

Series 9: Carving, Art Objects and Artists, and Scenes of Daily Life, circa 1973-circa 1988 (Binder 4; 201 slides)

Series 10: Yoruba Art, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 49 slides)

Series 11: Yoruba Textiles, circa 1973-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 84 slides)

Series 12: Yoruba, Miscellaneous, circa 1967-circa 1989 (Binder 5; 251 slides)

Series 13: African Art, Textiles People, and Dwellings, circa 1963-circa 1983 (Binder 6; 58 slides)

Series 14: Ibo Mbari and Igbo Peoples and Artwork, circa 1967-circa 1985 (Binder 6; 212 slides)

Series 15: Art and Ceremonies, circa 1967-circa 1991 (Binder 6; 493 slides)

Series 16: Body Arts, Nuba People (Sudan) and Fulani and Bororo People (Niger), circa 1973-circa 1979 (Binder 7; 64 slides)

Series 17: People, Scenic Views and Animals of Kenya, Sudan, Angola, and Ghana, circa 1972-circa 1985 (Binder 7; 168 slides)

Series 18: Peoples and Arts of Ghana, Mali, and the Ivory Coast, circa 1966-circa 1992 (Binder 7; 406 slides)

Series 19: Published Maps and Photos, circa 1968-circa 1985 (Binder 8; 70 slides)

Series 20: Nigerian Masks and Art Objects, circa 1967-circa 1978 (Binder 8; 396 slides)

Series 21: Yoruba Festivals, People, and Art in Nigeria, circa 1967-circa 1988 (Binders 8-9; 128 slides)

Series 22: Yoruba Photography and Textiles, circa 1975-circa 1983 (Binder 9; 54 slides)

Series 23: Ife-Olu, Ilishan, circa 1980-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 87 slides)

Series 24: Yoruba Festivals, People, Hairstyles, Ibeji Objects, Eshu Figures, and Oya and Orishala Priests, Priestesses, and Shrines, circa 1966-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 168 slides)

Series 25: Shango, circa 1970-circa 1983 (Binder 10, 162 slides)

Series 26: Ara Festival, 1975 (Binder 10; 174 slides)

Series 27: Ceremonies and Festivals, Portraits, Art and Ceremonial Objects, Domestic and Market Scenes, circa 1969-circa 2005 (Binders 10-11; 759 slides)

Series 28: Yoruba Art Objects, and Domestic, Work, and Festival Scenes, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 11; 104 slides)

Series 29: Manuscript and Printed Materials, 1973-circa 2005 (Binder 12)

Biographical/Historical note:

Artist, anthropologist, and art historian Dr. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939. Houlberg received an Associate of Arts degree from Wright Junior College (1959) and a BFA from the University of Chicago (1963). After graduating, she traveled to North Africa and explored Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. In 1964, Houlberg researched Haitian art, religion, and indigenous photography in Haiti and in 1965 was awarded a scholarship for graduate study from the University of Chicago. There she completed her MAT in Art History in 1967. Following graduation, Houlberg worked at the Nigerian Museum in Lagos, where she documented Yoruba sculpture, masquerades, religion, body art, and indigenous photography.

She began her teaching career at the University of Chicago as a lecturer on African art and African civilization, working there from 1971 to 1973. At the University of London, Houlberg earned a Masters in Anthropology, producing the thesis Yoruba Twin Sculpture and Ritual (1973). She also extensively photographed her travels abroad in Yorubaland. Between 1974 and 1990, Houlberg taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, Kalamazoo College, and Northwestern University. From 1974 to 2008 she continued teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, lecturing on Yoruba art and ritual in West Africa and the New World, and the art and ritual of Vodou in Haiti.

Houlberg has lectured worldwide at numerous museums and symposiums since 1972, including in Lagos, Nigeria; Jacmel, Haiti; Toronto, Canada; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; and Cologne, Germany. Her essays have been published in several issues of African Arts. Some of Houlberg's significant publications include Arts of the Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou, in Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora (2008) and Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou: Lasiren, Queen of Mermaids, in Mami-Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African-Atlantic World (2008). The exhibition Mami-Wata at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (2009) featured her photographs.

Provenance:

Marilyn Houlberg, 733 West 18th St., Chicago, IL 60616, Donation, 20050320, 2005-0002

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Weavers  Search this

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Shrines  Search this

Masks  Search this

Domestic scenes  Search this

Egúngún (Cult)  Search this

Ethnology -- Nigeria  Search this

Gelede (Yoruba rite)  Search this

Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this

Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this

Marketplaces  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Ere ibeji  Search this

Works of art in situ  Search this

Art, African  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Festivals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Photographic prints

Photographs

Citation:

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2005-002

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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo729173a75-b645-455f-b66b-ae08d0d2102e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2005-002

Photograper:

Voss, Peter (Photographer)  Search this

Physical description:

approximately 240 unnumbered pages numerous color photos 38 cm

Type:

Pictorial works

Place:

Angola

Date:

2022

Topic:

Portrait photography  Search this

Documentary photography  Search this

Indigenous peoples  Search this

Angolans  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1155673

Creator:

Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this

Correspondent:

Albert, Bruce  Search this

Andrews, Scott  Search this

Balikci, Asen, 1929-  Search this

Beidelman, Tom  Search this

Bermudez, Beatrice  Search this

Brigard, Emilie de  Search this

Cardozo, Jesus  Search this

Carpenter, Edmund, 1922-2011  Search this

Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-  Search this

Connor, Linda  Search this

Fox, James  Search this

Freeman, Derek  Search this

Harrison-Pepper, Sally  Search this

Heider, Karl  Search this

Homiak, John P. (John Paul), 1947-  Search this

Jules-Rosette, Benneta  Search this

Kamerling, Lenny  Search this

Lewis, Doug  Search this

Lizot, Jacques  Search this

Loizos, Peter  Search this

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978  Search this

Mello, James F., 1936-  Search this

Middleton, John  Search this

Piault, Collette  Search this

Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009  Search this

Rouch, Jean  Search this

Ruby, Jay  Search this

Smith, Patrice  Search this

Storas, Frode  Search this

Tax, Sol, 1907-1995  Search this

Wayang, Mark  Search this

Wayang, Mary  Search this

Young, Tao  Search this

Extent:

62 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Correspondence

Manuscripts

Photographs

Place:

Venezuela

Date:

1947-1995

Summary:

Timothy Asch was an anthropologist and ethnographic film maker who devoted his professional life to using film as a recording and teaching medium. His papers cover the period from 1966 until his premature death in 1994 and reflect his active career in the field. A large portion of the files relates to his work among the Yanomami people of Venezuela and to his concern with bias in film making.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Timothy Asch document his career as an anthropologist, educator, photographer and filmmaker through correspondence, photographs, research files (articles and notes), and teaching materials (course information and lecture notes). The files relating to Asch's film projects include articles, field notes, and reviews. The major correspondents in this collection are Patsy Asch, Tom Beidelman, Napoleon Chagnon, James Fox, Robert Gardner, Douglas Lewis, Peter Loizos, David & Olga Sapir, and Minor White.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into the following 13 series:

Series 1) Correspondence (1953-1994)

Series 2) College and graduate School (1955-1965)

Series 3) Teaching materials (1964-1993)

Series 4) Film projects (1964-1991)

Series 5) Articles and reviews (1972-1994)

Series 6) Alpha-Subject (1955-1989)

Series 7) Conferences, film festivals, and film organizations (1963-1993)

Series 8) Grants (1962-1993)

Series 9) Other people's work (1952-1995)

Series 10) Personal and family (1951-1994)

Series 11) Photographs (1947-1991)

Series 12) Sound recordings (bulk 1960s-1970s)

Series 13) Note slips, rolodexes, and business cards (1987, undated)

Biographical note:

Asch studied photography at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. While serving in the United States Army in Japan from 1951-55 he spent his off-duty hours photographing rice production and household activities in remote Japanese villages. After his military service, he enrolled in Columbia University graduating in 1959 with an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. After graduation, he went to work at the Peabody Museum at Harvard as an assistant editor to John Marshall on the Kung Bushmen film project. In 1964, he received a Masters Degree in Anthropology from Boston University where he studied in the African Studies Progam and read Anthropology with T.O. Beidelman at Harvard. In 1968, Asch and Marshall founded Documentary Educational Resources, a film distribution company. Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon approached Asch in 1968 to film among the Yanomammmi people of Venezuela. This collaboration led to a major project resulting in over thirty films.

Chronology

1950-1951 -- California School of Fine Arts and Apprenticeships with photographers Minor White, Edward Weston and Ansel Adams

1953-1954 -- Military Service in Korea

1959 -- B.S. in Anthropology Columbia University

1959-1962 -- Ethnographic film consultant, Harvard University's Peabody Museum

1964 -- M.A. in Anthropology Harvard University

1965-1966 -- Curriculum Consultant, Ethnographic studies and the Bushmen Social Studies Curriculum Project (initially Educational Services, Inc., later called Educational Development Center)

1966-1968 -- Lecturer in Anthropology and Theater Arts, Brandeis University

1966-1968 -- Anthropology Curriculum and Media Consultant to the Newton Public Schools

1967-1994 -- Co-Founder and Director of Documentary Educational Resources, Watertown, Massachusetts, a non-profit curriculum development corporation distributing educational media

1968-1970 -- Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, New York University

1969-1973 -- Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Brandeis University

1973-1979 -- Research Fellow in Ethnographic film, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

1974-1976 -- Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

1975 -- Research Cinematographer, National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

1976-1981 -- Senior Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Institute of Advanced Studies, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

1982 -- Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Anthropology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

1983-1994 -- Director, Center for Visual Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California

Related Materials:

The Human Studies Film Archives holds 93,000 feet (43 hours) of original film footage and the accompanying sound as well as the edited films from the 1968 and 1971 film projects by Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon documenting the Yanomamo Indians of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil (between the Negro and Upper Orinoco rivers).

Provenance:

Donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Patsy Asch in 1996.

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

Film -- theory  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Correspondence -- 1953-1994

Manuscripts

Photographs -- 1947-1991

Citation:

Timothy Asch papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1996-16

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Timothy Asch papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ebe64d9d-33d2-4af7-9417-8f21f639c754

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1996-16

Creator:

Slusser, Mary Shepherd  Search this

Extent:

7.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Laos

Vietnam

Nepal

Ipiutak Site (Point Hope, Alaska)

Southeast Asia

Arctic regions

Date:

circa 1950 - circa 1995

Scope and Contents:

The papers relate to three phases of Mary Slusser's life: archaeological study; her life and work in Vietnam and Laos; and her work in Nepal. The latter is fairly narrowly focused on her scholarly work, particiularly on her Nepal monograph. The Southeast Asian material more broadly concerns her life in Southeast Asia, including personal letters and journals.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

The colletion is organized into 3 series: (1) Arctic Archaeology, A possible culture connection between the Eurasian Steppe and the Ipiutak Site of northern Alaska, with photographs, photograph of Helge Larsen; (2) Laos and Vietnam, including alphabetical file, ethnographic notes, manuscript on Vietnam people, and photographs; and (3) Nepal, including correspondence, subject file, maps and plans, and writings.

Biographical Note:

Mary Shepherd Slusser (1918-2017) was born in Canada and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1934. She was educated at the University of Michigan and Columbia University (Ph.D., 1950). The main focus of her graduate work was on archaeology. She also studied at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, and she took archaeology courses at Harvard University.

In 1951-1958, Slusser worked for the United States Department of State, responsible for anthropological reports concerning Latin America and then Southeast Asia. Following her husband's posting in Vietnam, she was stationed in Saigon beginning in 1954. While there, she produced basic ethnological studies of Vietnam and Laos.

In more recent years, Dr. Slusser accompanied her husband on other assignments. For five years she lived in Yugoslavia, then West Africa, and finally more than six years in Nepal. At the request of the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History, on her arrival in Nepal in 1965 she made for them a small ethnographic collection from the Kathmandu Valley. Confronted by a dearth of basic works on Nepalese history and culture, she began research that would continue the next twenty years and lead to the publication of Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of Kethmandu Valley, 2 volumes, Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1982. Her bibliography also includes numerous academic papers and two more books devoted to Nepalese art and culture.

Returning to Washington, D.C. in 1971 she worked for the privately founded Museum of African Art (which later fused with the National Museum of African Art) and completed the writing of the above mentioned two-volume study. In 1989 she received a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution which led to a position as Senior Research Associate. Also in 1989 she was invited to Kathmandu to oversee the establishment of the Patan Museum devoted to the art of Nepal. She was a member of the Society of Women Geographers for which she recorded an oral history in 2012.

Related Materials:

The Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress holds an oral history interview with Slusser in the Society of Woman Geographers records, 1905-2015. The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives also holds a copy of the interview.

Restrictions:

Access to the Mary Shepherd Slusser papers requires an appointment.

Citation:

Mary Shepherd Slusser papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1983.0407

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e048c45a-13a7-4ff2-a243-38f5c6db5569

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1983-0407

Author:

Tshimanga-Kutangidiku, Étienne  Search this

Physical description:

202 pages 21 cm

Type:

Books

History

Place:

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Congo (République démocratique)

Date:

2019

Topic:

History  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Lulua (Peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire  Search this

Luba (Peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire  Search this

Ethnologie  Search this

Ethnic relations  Search this

Luba (African people)  Search this

Lulua (African people)  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1154766

Author:

Skinner, Ryan Thomas  Search this

Physical description:

233 pages illustrations, maps 22 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Mali

Bamako

Bamako (Mali)

Date:

2015

Topic:

Music--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this

Musicians--Social conditions  Search this

Ethnomusicology  Search this

Group identity  Search this

Group identity in the performing arts  Search this

Mandingo (African people)--Ethnic identity  Search this

City and town life  Search this

Musique--Aspect moral  Search this

Musiciens--Conditions sociales  Search this

Ethnomusicologie  Search this

Identité collective  Search this

Identité collective dans les arts du spectacle  Search this

Mandingue (Peuple d'Afrique)--Identité ethnique  Search this

Vie urbaine  Search this

Social conditions  Search this

Ethik  Search this

Gruppenidentität  Search this

Musik  Search this

Musiker  Search this

Musikethnologie  Search this

Politik  Search this

Soziale Situation  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1155752

Author:

Randrianja, Solofo  Search this

Jaovelo-Dzao, Robert  Search this

Codesria  Search this

Physical description:

307 pages illustrations, maps 23 cm

Type:

Books

Aufsatzsammlung

Place:

Madagascar

Date:

2004

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Ethnicity  Search this

Ethnologie  Search this

Ethnicité  Search this

Language and languages  Search this

Ethnizität  Search this

Languages  Search this

Langues  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1155460

Donor Name:

Dr. Joshua A. Bell  Search this

Length:

8 cm

Height:

16 cm

Depth:

1 cm

Culture:

Ugandan  Search this

Object Type:

Cellphone case

Place:

Kampala, Uganda, Africa

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

2090185

USNM Number:

E437488-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ff84570a-25e6-4930-9829-cd61cbe77fe6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_16792239

Collector:

Rev. Ellen I. Burk  Search this

Donor Name:

Rev. Ellen I. Burk  Search this

Culture:

Lega  Search this

Object Type:

Stirrer

Place:

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Accession Date:

5 Jul 1937

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

144281

USNM Number:

E378684-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c581968e-a7e8-4354-b05e-a98f8a53b8d5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8414962

Collector:

Mrs. Sarita S. Ward  Search this

Mr. Herbert Ward  Search this

Donor Name:

Mrs. Sarita S. Ward  Search this

Length - Object:

70 cm

Width - Object:

26.5 cm

Height - Lying Down:

21.5 cm

Culture:

Kongo  Search this

Object Type:

Figure

Place:

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Accession Date:

24 Oct 1921

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

067312

USNM Number:

E323272-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34cdc592e-8501-4243-b3b2-bc059480d7f0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8393074

Collector:

Mrs. Sarita S. Ward  Search this

Mr. Herbert Ward  Search this

Donor Name:

Mrs. Sarita S. Ward  Search this

Length - Object:

73.5 cm

Width - Object:

24 cm

Height - Lying Down:

29.5 cm

Culture:

Kongo  Search this

Object Type:

Figure

Place:

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Accession Date:

24 Oct 1921

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

067312

USNM Number:

E323273-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3320feb08-40ac-498b-a6a0-6527cc4a933c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8393075

Donor Name:

Dr. Joshua A. Bell  Search this

Length:

8 cm

Height:

16 cm

Depth:

1 cm

Culture:

Ugandan  Search this

Object Type:

Cellphone case

Place:

Kampala, Uganda, Africa

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

2090185

USNM Number:

E437487-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d4dbbcb6-e9cc-445a-a1f1-3fa6203f7f02

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_16792238

Creator:

Starr, Frederick, 1859-1933  Search this

Photographer:

Lang, Charles B.  Search this

Grabic, Louis  Search this

Extent:

152 Lantern slides

3344 Negatives (photographic)

Culture:

Zoque  Search this

San Felipe Pueblo  Search this

Mazatec [Huautla]  Search this

Zapotec  Search this

Maya  Search this

Wampanoag  Search this

Salish (Flathead)  Search this

Mazahua  Search this

Ute  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this

Tzotzil Maya  Search this

Taos Pueblo  Search this

Tzeltal Maya  Search this

Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this

Laguna Pueblo  Search this

Triqui (Trique) [San Joan Copala]  Search this

Shuar  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Chol Maya  Search this

Totonac  Search this

Osage  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Tonkawa  Search this

Otomí (Otomi)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Mixe  Search this

Chinantec  Search this

Mixtec  Search this

Potawatomi  Search this

Chibcha  Search this

Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this

Mehináku (Mehinacu)  Search this

Salish (Flathead)  Search this

Apache  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Ponca  Search this

Menominee (Menomini)  Search this

Cahuilla  Search this

Haida  Search this

Karajá (Caraja)  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Sahnish (Arikara)  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Caddo  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Cochiti Pueblo  Search this

Teotihuacán (archaeological culture)  Search this

Isleta Pueblo  Search this

Purepecha (Tarasco)  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Macushi (Macusi)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Negatives (photographic)

Negatives

Place:

Colombia

Washington

West Virginia

Kansas

Kentucky

New Mexico

Brazil

Ecuador

Missouri

Wisconsin

Oklahoma

Ohio

New York

Georgia

Mexico

Iowa

Arkansas

Illinois

Pennsylvania

Alaska

Date:

1894-1910

Summary:

The collection includes materials from cultures in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guiana: Acoma Pueblo, Apache, Arapaho, Arikara, Assiniboine, Caddo, Cahuilla, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chibcha, Chinantec, Chippewa (Ojibwa), Choco, Chol, Chontal, Cochiti Pueblo, Crow, Cuicatec, Eskimo, Flathead, Haida, Hopi, Huastec, Huave, Iowa, Iroquois, Isleta, Karaja, Kwakiutl, Laguna Pueblo, Macusi, Mandan, Maya, Mazahua, Mazatec, Mehinaku, Menomini, Mixe, Mixtec, Navajo, Nez Perce, Osage, Otomi, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pima, Ponca, Potawatomi, Salish, San Blas, San Felipe Pueblo, Sauk & Fox, Shuar, Sioux, Taos Pueblo, Tarasco, Teotihuacan, Tepehua, Tlaxcala, Tlingit, Tonkawa, Totonac, Triqui, Tzental, Tzotzil, Ute, Wampanoag, Zapotec, Zoque, Zuni.

Arrangement note:

Collection arranged by item number.

Biographical/Historical note:

Frederick Starr was born in Auburn, New York, on September 2, 1858. He received a Ph.D. in biology in 1884 at Coe College, where he was later appointed professor of biology. Starr did postgraduate work in anthropology at Yale. In 1889 he was appointed head of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History, and in 1892 he was chosen by William Harper to organize the Anthropology Department at the new University of Chicago. Starr remained at the University until his retirement in 1923. Besides his field studies with various Indian tribes in the United States, Starr traveled to Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Guiana, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa. He died in Tokyo, Japan, on August 14, 1933. Starr was the author of several books and scholarly articles.

General note:

Starr hired professional photographers Charles B. Lang and Louis Grabic to accompany him on his field trips. One lantern slide of Moses Ladd (Menomini) was taken by William H. Jackson.

Provenance:

Dr. Frederick Starr, Purchased, circa 1929

Restrictions:

Access restricted. Researchers should contact the staff of the NMAI Archives for an appointment to access the collection.

Topic:

Indians of South America -- Brazil  Search this

Indians of Mexico  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest  Search this

Indians of South America -- Colombia  Search this

Indians of North America -- Alaska  Search this

Indians of North America -- Basin  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Indians of Central America -- Guatemala  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Midwest  Search this

Indians of South America -- Ecuador  Search this

Indians of South America -- Guiana  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Lantern slides

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.052

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv40602e9f6-8984-4da6-a139-bd97c27fa824

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-052

Collector:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Names:

Bourke, John Gregory, 1846-1896  Search this

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929  Search this

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Hoffman, Walter James, 1846-1899  Search this

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

McGee, W J, 1853-1912  Search this

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Moore, Clarence B. (Clarence Bloomfield), 1852-1936  Search this

Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934  Search this

Artist:

Chapman, Mary Beth  Search this

Gill, Mary W.  Search this

Hildebrant, Mary M.  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

J. T. G.  Search this

Nichols, Spencer Baird, 1875-1950  Search this

Shindler, Antonio Zeno  Search this

Extent:

2,000 Items (circa 2000 paintings, drawings, and photographs)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Paintings

Photographs

Illustrations

Date:

circa 1879-1929

Scope and Contents note:

Artwork and some photographs used to illustrate articles published in the annual reports and bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnology and the United States National Museum. The material includes artwork by Mary Beth Chapman, Mary Wright Gill, Mary M. Hildebrant, Spencer Baird Nichols, and Antonio Zeno Shindler. Also included are unidentified illustrations of Near Eastern costumes, prayer positions and Mexican funerary vessels, perhaps sketched by Walter Hough, and a drawing, signed "J. T. G.", of a memorial to the daughter of Chief Spotted Tail.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 133

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Additional illustrations are held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 78-51, the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the Manuscript and Pamphlet File in the Department of Anthropology records.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Paintings

Photographs

Illustrations

Citation:

Photo lot 133, Illustrations used in Bureau of American Ethnology and United States National Museum publications, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.133

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw354c78444-306d-4a2f-a2ae-68dbaba131c5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-133