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Creator:

Willis, Elizabeth Bayley (collector and photographer)  Search this

Photographer:

Elwin, Verrier  Search this

Pal, Panna  Search this

Pyngrope, R.  Search this

Extent:

33 Color slides

1 Color postcard

53 Prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Khasi (Indic people)  Search this

Mishmi (Indic people)  Search this

Lushai (Asian people)  Search this

Akha (Southeast Asian people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Color slides

Color postcards

Prints

Photographs

Postcards

Place:

Arunāchal Pradesh (India)

Assam (India)

Brahmaputra River Valley

Date:

circa 1950-1965

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs depicting indigenous peoples, antiquities, implements, textile types, and scenery in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and other areas of northeastern India. Represented photographers include Elizabeth Bayley Willis, Verrier Elwin, Panna Pal, R. Pyngrope, and other photographers.

Biographical/Historical note:

Elizabeth Bayley Willis (1902-2003) was a scholar of textiles and decorative arts who was affliliated with several museums and galleries including the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Henry Gallery of the University of Washington in Seattle. In 1952, she was appointed to the United Nations Technical Assistance Board, where she focused on marketing of textile and other decorative art products from India to improve economic development; she later worked on similar missions for the UN in Vietnam, Formosa, and Morocco. Willis went to India to consult the Uttar Pradesh government about the development and preservation of crafts and served as an advisor to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Textile Commissioner, and the All India Handloom Board. Between 1957 and 1965, Willis returned to India several times to collect textiles and continue her research on the tribal arts of northeastern India and Bhutan.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 79-11

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Additional photographs collected by Willis can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 97.

Willis also donated artifacts to the Department of Anthropology, in accessions 255963, 264169, 268921, 270239, and 279910.

The Special Collections at the University of Washington holds the Elizabeth Bayley Willis Papers, 1933-1988.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

These photographs cannot be reproduced without permission from the photographers.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Postcards

Citation:

Photo lot 79-11, Elizabeth Bayley Willis photographs of peoples, artifacts, and scenery of Northeastern India, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.79-11

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33d1b8f48-66da-4d28-9323-e3f077658ab2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-79-11

Author:

Das, A. K (Aioswarjya Kumar)  Search this

Physical description:

x, 190 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

India

Arunāchal Pradesh

Arunāchal Pradesh (India)

Date:

1979

Topic:

Basket making  Search this

Industries, Primitive  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Call number:

745.5 .D18

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_859080

Author:

Van Ham, Peter  Search this

Physical description:

236 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm

Type:

Texts

Place:

Arunāchal Pradesh (India)

Date:

2014

Topic:

Social life and customs  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1028517

Author:

Arora, G. S  Search this

Mondal, D. K  Search this

Physical description:

65 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm

Type:

Classification

Place:

India

Arunāchal Pradesh

Date:

1981

Topic:

Papilionidae--Classification  Search this

Insects  Search this

Call number:

QL561.P2A76 1981X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_197220

Author:

Chowdhery, H. J  Search this

Physical description:

xx, 824 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

India

Arunāchal Pradesh

Date:

1998

Topic:

Orchids  Search this

Botany  Search this

Call number:

QK495.O64 C46 1998

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_567184

Author:

Darshan, Achom  Search this

Abujam, Santoshkumar  Search this

Das, Debangshu Narayan  Search this

Physical description:

270 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Type:

Identification

Classification

Place:

India

Arunāchal Pradesh

Date:

2018

Topic:

Fishes  Search this

Fish surveys  Search this

Ichthyology--Classification  Search this

Call number:

QL615

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1104524

Author:

Morris, Rekha 1942-  Search this

Physical description:

200 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Himalaya Mountains

India

Arunāchal Pradesh

Date:

2017

Topic:

Begonias  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1089409