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To make their own way in the world the enduring legacy of the Zealy daguerreotypes edited by Ilisa Barbash, Molly Rogers, Deborah Willis ; with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr

Contributor:
Barbash, Ilisa 1959-  Search this
Rogers, Molly 1967-  Search this
Willis, Deborah 1948-  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Gates, Henry Louis Jr.,  Search this
Author:
Zealy, Joseph T. 1812-1893 Photographs Selections  Search this
Host institution:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology  Search this
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study  Search this
Physical description:
485 pages illustrations (some color), facsimiles, genealogical table, portraits (some color) 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Congrès
Congress
Catalog
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Actes de congrès
Catalogues
Place:
United States
Southern States
États-Unis
États-Unis (Sud)
Date:
2020
19th century
19e siècle
Topic:
Photography--Social aspects--History  Search this
Photography in ethnology--History  Search this
Racism in anthropology--History  Search this
Monogenism and polygenism  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Photographie--Aspect social--Histoire  Search this
Photographie en ethnologie--Histoire  Search this
Racisme en anthropologie--Histoire  Search this
Noirs américains--Conditions sociales  Search this
PHOTOGRAPHY / General  Search this
Photography in ethnology  Search this
Photography--Social aspects  Search this
Racism in anthropology  Search this
Daguerreotypie  Search this
Ethnologie  Search this
Sklaverei  Search this
Daguerreotype--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1154479

MS 7414 Alice Tracy Thayer collection of Chinese banknotes, joss paper, and prints

Collector:
Thayer, Alice Tracy, 1869-1959  Search this
Extent:
15 Items
Culture:
Chinese  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Works of art
Prints
Paper money
Calendars
Place:
China
East Asia
Date:
1882-1886
undated
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of a Chinese banknote, joss paper money and clothing, a calendar, and a print, all dating from the late nineteenth century.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7414

USNM Accession 89606
Related Materials:
Objects from the Thayer collection are held in the Department of Anthropology object collections, and by the Department of Vertebrate Zoology and the National Museum of American History.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Works of art
Prints
Paper money
Calendars
Citation:
MS 7414 Alice Tracy Thayer collection of Chinese banknotes, joss paper, and prints, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7414
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3342da55c-1871-45cb-87a8-d223c2469d41
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7414
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United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans

Creator:
United States National Museum., Dept. of Anthropology.  Search this
Photographer:
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1873-1878) (Hayden Survey)  Search this
Heyn Photo  Search this
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this
Mitchell, McGowan and Company  Search this
Place & Coover  Search this
Addison, George A.  Search this
Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934  Search this
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896  Search this
Bretz, George W. (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)  Search this
Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901  Search this
Fouch, John H., 1849-1933  Search this
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this
Goff, O. S. (Orlando Scott), 1843-1917  Search this
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917  Search this
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this
Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930  Search this
Randall, A. Frank  Search this
Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899  Search this
Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this
Publisher:
Rice, Rutter & Co.  Search this
Artist:
Noyes, Francis H.  Search this
Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953  Search this
Extent:
3 Painted photographs
8 Prints (halftone and color halftone)
56 Photographic prints (albumen and silver gelatin)
10 Copy prints
1 Stereograph (albumen)
2 Engravings
2 Color lithographs
Culture:
Sioux  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Ute  Search this
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Chiricahua Apache  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Sauk  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Powhatan  Search this
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this
Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this
Mohawk  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Painted photographs
Prints
Photographic prints
Copy prints
Stereographs
Engravings
Color lithographs
Photographs
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents note:
The bulk of the collection consists of portraits of identified Native Americans 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
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 87-2P, United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.87-2P
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw378544a5f-2448-46cd-90a0-4f00194bb205
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-2p
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MS 2016-a Daniel Little Chief drawings of Cheyenne ceremonial customs and implements, with explanations by Albert Gatschet

Creator:
Little Chief, Daniel, d. 1906.  Search this
Annotator:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (disbound volume (65 pages) of 29 drawings and 34 pages of typescript.)
Culture:
Northern Tsitsistas (Northern Cheyenne)  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Ledger drawings
Date:
1891 February
Scope and Contents:
29 drawings and 34 pages of typed explanatory text, formerly bound together, now disbound, plus an identifying title page handwritten by Albert Gatschet and one drawing on ruled paper. The explanatory text was transcribed from Gatschet's notebook, No. 2016-b, with corrections by Gatschet. T.p. inscribed: "Crayon Pictures of Cheyenne Ceremonial Customs and Implements. Drawn by Wuxpais or Daniel Littlechief, son of the present headchief of the Cheyenne Indians of South Dakota, at the Pine Ridge Agency. Explained by notes obtained from the same Indian by Albert S. Gatschet." The last drawing in the volume is signed "T.D. Little Chief," but cannot be identified as a drawing by Daniel Little Chief. Subjects include ceremonial items, name glyphs, painted tipis, and illustrations of Cheyenne customs. A nearly identical set of drawings by Daniel Little Chief is located at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Information provided by Candace Greene.
Biographical / Historical:
Daniel Little Chief, a.k.a. Wuxpais (?-1906), was a Northern Cheyenne warrior whose band of Cheyenne were sent south to the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation in Indian Territory after their surrender, traveling there between 1878-1879. In 1881 this band moved north to the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota. In 1891 Daniel Littlechief inherited the role of head chief from his father and remained in South Dakota until his death in 1906. For more information see "American Indian Painters: A Biographical Dictionary" by Jeanne Snodgrass 1968, New York: Museum of the American Indian.
Albert S. Gatschet (1832-1907) was educated in his native Switzerland and in Germany (University of Bern [Ph.D., 1892]); University of Berlin. Early in his career, he pursued antiquarian research in European museums and wrote scientific articles. Among his interests was the etymology of Swiss place names. After coming to the United States in 1869, he worked on the American Indian vocabularies collected by Oscar Loew, of the United States Geological Survey West of the 100th Meridian (Wheeler Survey). Eventually John Wesley Powell employed him as an ethnologist with the United States Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Regions. When it was founded in 1879, he joined the staff of the Bureau of American Ethnology and continued there until he retired in 1905. For the Powell Survey, Gatschet researched the ethnography of the Klamath in Oregon and the Modoc in Oklahoma. He also collected Native American material objects and investigated special problems for Powell's classification of the American Indian languages north of Mexico, working on languages of the Southeast, including groups forcibly settled in the southern Plains. He not only visited well known tribes but also searched out small groups, including the Biloxi and Tunica. He also worked with the Natchez, Tonkawa, Chitimacha, and Atakapa in the United States and Comecrudo and several other small groups in northern Mexico. Through library research, he studied the Timucua, Karankara, and the Beothuk. During the later part of his career, Gatschet was assigned comparative work on all the Algonquian languages. Although the project was never completed, he collected much about many of the languages, especially Peoria, Miami, and Shawnee. In addition, he worked with members of diverse tribes of the eastern United States. For more information, see NAA finding aid located at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/guide/_g1.htm#jrg575
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2016-a
Varying Form of Title:
Crayon pictures of Cheyenne ceremonial customs and implements / drawn by Wuxpais or Daniel Littlechief ... ; explained by notes from the same Indian by Albert S. Gatschet
Place:
United States South Dakota Pine Ridge Agency.
United States South Dakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Album Information:
MS 2016a 001
Topic:
Habitations -- Cheyenne  Search this
Sweatbaths -- Cheyenne  Search this
Music -- Cheyenne  Search this
Married people's tipi -- Cheyenne  Search this
Weapons -- Cheyenne  Search this
Pipe -- Cheyenne  Search this
Amulets and fetishes -- Cheyenne  Search this
Medicine -- Cheyenne  Search this
Mortuary customs -- Cheyenne  Search this
Names, Personal -- Cheyenne  Search this
Medicine tent -- Cheyenne  Search this
Sun Dance -- Cheyenne  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Ledger drawings
Citation:
Manuscript 2016-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2016A
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MS 2016-a Daniel Little Chief drawings of Cheyenne ceremonial customs and implements, with explanations by Albert Gatschet
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw332099240-dc44-442c-9890-3771ef107586
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2016a
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Chipped Celt

Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Site Name:
Smith's Farm, Catacomb Mound  Search this
Object Type:
Celt
Place:
Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, North America
Accession Date:
3 Sep 1886
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
017928
USNM Number:
A113843-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3478a2e77-d976-48a5-b89f-c2889881a49f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8006186
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Arrow Head

Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Site Name:
Toco Mound  Search this
Object Type:
Point
Place:
Monroe County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Accession Date:
3 Sep 1886
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
017928
USNM Number:
A115649-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bdeae964-5a2b-4fa3-9919-bc2e87330f09
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8008101
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Whet, Or Rubbing Stone.

Collector:
P. M. Van Epps  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Site Name:
Hoffman's  Search this
Object Type:
Abrader
Place:
Schenectady County, New York, United States, North America
Accession Date:
9 Feb 1891
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
024012
USNM Number:
A135906-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38ef8d598-8eaa-4d1b-8780-3a9fa6a190fe
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8014923

Knives Or Saws Of Split Stone

Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Site Name:
Babson's Landing  Search this
Object Type:
Knife
Place:
Hancock County, Maine, United States, North America
Accession Date:
10 Apr 1913
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
055260
USNM Number:
A276800-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dc8b8ca9-ca99-4873-8f68-4a02d52efc7f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8072085

Split And Worked Stone

Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Site Name:
Babson's Landing  Search this
Object Type:
Stone Modified
Place:
Hancock County, Maine, United States, North America
Accession Date:
10 Apr 1913
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
055260
USNM Number:
A276809-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/309fe78ca-784c-476d-80b0-6c027eddee89
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8072094

Slate Implement

Collector:
Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo  Search this
Object Type:
Implement
Place:
Dog Fish Village, Russian Mission Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
12 Oct 1926
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
093522
USNM Number:
A332901-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/315257c5f-6fe1-4035-a238-40d990e5562c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8089242

Harpoon Head

Collector:
Dr. Henry B. Collins Jr.  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo  Search this
Object Type:
Harpoon
Place:
Punuk Island, St. Lawrence Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
3 Jan 1929
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
100592
USNM Number:
A343300-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/307a84ccb-646f-496f-9348-12d7a2838daa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8095337

Wooden Object, Broken

Collector:
Dr. Henry B. Collins Jr.  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo  Search this
Object Type:
Artifact
Place:
Punuk Island, St. Lawrence Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
3 Jan 1929
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
100592
USNM Number:
A344193-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3392bdc33-0248-4981-b8cc-63e72404bfa2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8096452

End-Scrapers

Collector:
River Basin Survey  Search this
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Donor Name:
River Basin Survey  Search this
Culture:
Prehistoric  Search this
Object Type:
Scraper
Place:
Garrison Reservoir, Mclean County, North Dakota, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1957
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
214234
USNM Number:
A416242-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b9da2a66-2215-4379-b4d6-ab076778f01b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8164984

Blade, Broken (2 Parts)

Collector:
Dr. Frank H. Roberts Jr.  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Site Name:
Lindenmeier Site  Search this
Culture:
Folsom Complex  Search this
Object Type:
Blade
Place:
Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Accession Date:
2 Mar 1965
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
259015
USNM Number:
A443386-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c4c11366-2337-4633-96aa-fef9fa6ef8a3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8197278

War Hat Or Headdress

Collector:
William H. Danilson  Search this
Donor Name:
William H. Danilson  Search this
Culture:
Bannock  Search this
Shoshone, Northern  Search this
Object Type:
Headdress
Place:
Idaho, United States, North America
Accession Date:
17 May 1876
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
76A00055
USNM Number:
E22294-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35cb4b21e-c326-47a2-8d06-0732765b176b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8365211

Ancient Jug

Donor Name:
Major John W. Powell  Search this
Culture:
Hopi  Search this
Object Type:
Pot
Place:
Arizona, United States, North America
Accession Date:
29 May 1876
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
76A00060
USNM Number:
E23080-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35ede9d77-ca35-49c5-a1d8-102aa931927c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8366421
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Saddle-Pockets

Donor Name:
W. Wetherill  Search this
Culture:
Ute (Nuche)  Search this
Object Type:
Saddle Bag
Place:
United States, North America
Accession Date:
6 Feb 1905
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
043879
USNM Number:
E233556-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38439e43d-0add-4fa5-9293-61e6a992c688
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8367401
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Beaded Belt

Donor Name:
Army Medical Museum  Search this
Culture:
Ute (Nuche) (?)  Search this
Object Type:
Belt
Place:
United States, North America
Accession Date:
26 Feb 1908
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
048395
USNM Number:
E248936-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/329ee7ab9-3f84-4cfc-b677-016b9a66c1d1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8373443
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War-Club

Collector:
Sen Albert J. Beveridge  Search this
Donor Name:
Sen Albert J. Beveridge  Search this
Culture:
Ute (Nuche) (?)  Search this
Object Type:
Club
Place:
United States (not certain), North America
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
048702
USNM Number:
E250443-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36f290759-2478-4bde-b813-695f58004117
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8374351
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Neck Ornament

Collector:
Dr. Nathaniel B. Emerson  Search this
Donor Name:
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition  Search this
Culture:
Polynesian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
Accession Date:
21 Dec 1909
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
050958
USNM Number:
E258019-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3db34fbd2-ce70-4116-a500-c0b942c4b801
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8376344
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