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Culture/People:

probably Ngäbe (Guaymi) (attributed); formerly identified as Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Previous owner:

Alice W. Dockstader (Alice Warren/Mrs. Frederick J. Dockstader), Non-Indian, 1921-2018  Search this

Donor:

Alice W. Dockstader (Alice Warren/Mrs. Frederick J. Dockstader), Non-Indian, 1921-2018  Search this

Object Name:

Man's collar

Media/Materials:

Glass bead/beads, cotton thread, glass button/buttons

Techniques:

Gourd stitch/Brick stitch/Netted beadwork

Dimensions:

16 x 45 cm

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Panama

Date created:

1950-1955

Catalog Number:

23/837

Barcode:

230837.000

See related items:

Ngäbe (Guaymi)

Guna (Kuna)

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61a37a5e6-a8f9-466c-853f-03307a383ed1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_245918

Culture/People:

Guna [Guna Yala]  Search this

Previous owner:

Dr. Frederick J. Dockstader (FJD), Non-Indian, 1912-1998  Search this

Alice W. Dockstader (Alice Warren/Mrs. Frederick J. Dockstader), Non-Indian, 1921-2018  Search this

Donor:

Dr. Frederick J. Dockstader (FJD), Non-Indian, 1912-1998  Search this

Alice W. Dockstader (Alice Warren/Mrs. Frederick J. Dockstader), Non-Indian, 1921-2018  Search this

Object Name:

Woman's blouse

Media/Materials:

Cotton cloth

Techniques:

Reverse Appliquéd

Dimensions:

48 x 33 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments

Place:

Guna Yala Indigenous Territory (San Blas); Panama

Archipelago:

Archipiélago de San Blas (San Blas Islands)

Catalog Number:

24/2038

Barcode:

242038.000

See related items:

Guna [Guna Yala]

Clothing/Garments

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6421a7da2-3da3-4fa2-945e-3c261d6ee754

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_257706

Photographer:

Hilu, Sam  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (35 mm color transparencies )

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Date:

1966

Scope and Contents:

Relate to Cuna Indians, Island of Carti, Panama, 1966.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4958

Local Note:

Filed: slides.

Topic:

Panama  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Citation:

Manuscript 4958, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4958

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35e3c6594-272a-4fe8-9bd0-517bbae463bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4958

Creator:

Nordenskiold, Erland  Search this

Collection Translator:

Dose, R.  Search this

Collection Creator:

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

Extent:

12 Items (typed pages)

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4240 (part)

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4240, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 4240 Typed copies of articles translated by Work Projects Administration workers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a6f624ac-fae9-4c7b-9e8e-5698a2e0478f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4240-ref10

Creator:

Nordenskiold, Erland  Search this

Collection Translator:

Dose, R.  Search this

Collection Creator:

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

Extent:

24 Pages

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Choco -- Art -- Religion -- magic  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4240 (part)

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4240, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 4240 Typed copies of articles translated by Work Projects Administration workers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c6a312a0-61c7-4f1e-b727-deb4454f60d6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4240-ref11

Creator:

Jopling, Carol F.  Search this

Extent:

74 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (including some mounted for exhibition))

442 Negatives (acetate, 35 mm)

326 Contact prints (326 contact prints (on proof sheets))

Culture:

Ngäbe (Guaymi)  Search this

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Choco Indians  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Negatives

Contact prints

Photographs

Place:

Panama Canal (Panama)

Panama

Date:

1981-1984

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made by Carol F. Jopling documenting the Kuna, Choco, and Guaymi peoples of Panama, as well as the Panama Canal and scenery. Jopling's photographs depict Choco and Kuna dwellings (including their construction), Choco people waiting to receive vaccinations from Navy personnel, agriculture (including coconut harvesting), boats in the Panama Canal, and city buildings. Photographs and textual materials used for an exhibit in 1998 at the American Institute of Architects Baltimore Gallery, entitled "Contrasting Vernacular Architecture: Kuna and Choco Houses of Panama," are also available with the collection.

Biographical/Historical note:

Carol Farrington Jopling (ca. 1917-2000) was a librarian and anthropologist. As a librarian, she mostly worked for government agencies, including the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology in 1961 and 1962. In 1973, she received her doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Massachusettes, writing her disseration on the "Women Weavers of Yalalag; Their Art and Its Process." After spending four years as a research associate at Harvard's Peabody Museum, she became chief librarian of the Smithsonian's Tropical Research Institute in Panama (1981-1984). There, she developed a focus on the anthropological study of architecture, publishing a book on the "Art and Aesthetics in Primitive Societies" in 1971.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 98-37

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds the papers of Carol F. Jopling.

Jopling also donated artifacts to the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 368048.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Dwellings  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 98-37, Carol F. Jopling photographs of Kuna, Choco, and Guaymi peoples of Panama, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.98-37

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32da70e93-e1cb-4ac1-b25d-0cc9a827606b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-98-37

Creator:

Tower, Gilbert S.  Search this

Extent:

16 Prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Place:

San Blas Islands (Panama)

Date:

1921

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs depicting villages and people of the San Blas Islands made or collected by Gilbert Tower during his work in Panama. The prints are mounted on unbound pages, probably from an album.

Biographical/Historical note:

Gilbert S. Tower was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and engineer for the Panama Canal. He visited the San Blas Islands on a one-day excursion, which was sponsored by the Panamanian government, while working on the canal in 1921.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 2011-37

Location of Other Archival Materials:

National Museum of Natural History Department of Anthropology Collections holds Cuna artifacts collected by Gilbert Tower (accession 327937).

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 2011-37, Gilbert S. Tower photographs of Cuna people of the San Blas Islands, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.2011-37

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37eacf6cf-ff9a-4ef9-a2a4-e3b269d8c084

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-2011-37

Creator:

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Nigdibippi, Chief Igwa  Search this

Names:

Marsh-Darien Expedition, 1924  Search this

Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987  Search this

Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Marsh, Richard O. (Richard Oglesby), 1883-1953  Search this

Collection Creator:

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Extent:

1 Boxe

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Vocabulary

Manuscripts

Songs

Date:

1914, 1924-circa 1931

Scope and Contents:

This subseries of the Mexico/Central America/South America series contains Harrington's Cuna research, consisting of linguistic and ethnographic notes, reports and clippings, and miscellaneous notes.

There is a small section of "S[an] Blas" vocabulary which was recorded from Enrique Tule in Los Angeles in 1914. Most of his linguistic and ethnographic notes were obtained from the Cuna group that visited Washington, D.C., in 1924. He recorded vocabulary for animals, especially fishes; relationships; months; placenames; and tribenames. He also collected ethnographic information for cataloged artifacts from the Marsh Expedition, such as paddles, necklaces, and baskets. Some notes were elicited while examining the contents of a mannequin case in the U. S. National Museum. Interspersed with the linguistic and ethnographic data are information on members of the Cuna group, references to photographs, and quotes regarding the Marsh Expedition from one of its members, Major H. B. Johnson. Also filed here are a set of texts. Song texts, including the Canoe Song, Flower Song, and Headache Song, appear to have been written down from dictation or during a performance; there are virtually no translations. A few pages are in the hand of Paul Vogenitz. There is also a three-page typescript of Cuna text with a partial interlinear translation. It was dictated by Igwa Nigdibippi on December 9, 1924, as a discussion of the chief's activities in Washington, D.C., and was transcribed by Vogenitz on the following day. The second text, which takes the form of a letter addressed from "Pablo" [Paul] to "Kwan" Uohn], was prepared by Vogenitz as a writing exercise in the Cuna language. The subject is evolution, a topic of public interest at the time in light of the on-going trial of John Thomas Scopes. There are also typed data on note slips with handwritten annotations on plants and material culture. Original catalog numbers and Smithsonian catalog numbers are provided for some of the artifacts discussed. In addition, a few items collected by the Marsh Expedition are illustrated in sketches. There are also references to Dr. Walter Hough, Mr. Marsh, and Dr. Henry B. Collins. A second set of slips deals with terms for parts of the body and for various animal species. The slips were handwritten by both Harrington and Vogenitz. There are corresponding typed copies for many of the slips. Each entry consists of a single word and commentary on the phonetics.

This subseries also contains a series of reports on the Cuna Indians. Included are drafts of a paper titled "Ethnological and Linguistic Study of the Tule Indians of Panama" and a similar untitled typescript of two pages. This statement by Harrington includes discussion of estimated population, geographical area, tribal names and divisions, and language of the Cuna and lists the names of his informants. It also contains references to his study of Tule placenames of the coast and mountains and to the map drawn by Chief Igwa Nigdibippi (see MS 4490). The extensive "8000-word vocabulary" mentioned in the paper has not been located. There is also material relating to the reports Frances Densmore prepared regarding her study of the Cuna. Included are a typed copy of "Music and Customs of the Tule Indians of Panama" and handwritten and typed copies by Harrington of "Songs and Instrumental Music of the Tule Indians of Panama." These are followed by notes for an unfavorable review Harrington was writing of the papers by Densmore. Also filed here are newspaper clippings discussing Richard O. Marsh's explorations and Harrington's linguistic work with the Tule Indians.

Harrington retained a number of files of miscellany relating to his study of Cuna. Included are reading notes from Lionel Wafer's book, A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, concerning observations of the Tule in 1699. They contain a few annotations regarding vocabulary items and phrases. There are also notes on Baron Erland Nordenskiold, a Swedish anthropologist who traveled among the Cuna in 1927, and Karl Gustav Izikowitz, who worked with a Tule informant named Ruben Perez Kantule in Goteborg, Sweden, in 1931. These are accompanied by two lists of vocabulary which were evidently prepared by Vogenitz with the intention of demonstrating the affinity of Cuna with the Scandinavian and Germanic languages. This claim was based on mistranslations or comparisons of inappropriate forms of a given word. A few additional pages, labeled "Tule miscellaneous," include a note from H. B. Johnson to Harrington. There are also random notes on bibliography and the names of contact persons.

Biographical / Historical:

From October through December of 1924, John P. Harrington worked with a party of Cuna--the "White Indians" as they were called by the press. The group was brought to the United States in July by an engineer, Richard O. Marsh, who earlier in 1924 had led the "Marsh Darien" expedition to eastern Panama, with representatives from the Smithsonian and other institutions. After a well-publicized short visit to New York City (during which Harrington probably reported on the Indians for a New Orleans newspaper) and longer stays in upstate New York and Canada, the party travelled in October to Washington, D.C. While in the capital, Marsh lobbied on behalf of the Cuna against the Panamanian government and the party was studied by various Smithsonian scientists--among them Frances Densmore, Herbert Krieger, and Ales Hrdlicka. Harrington and his colleague Paul Vogenitz of the Post Office Department undertook linguistic work with members of the group both at the Smithsonian and at the house where they were staying in nearby Chevy Chase, Maryland.

The party of eight Cuna consisted of three young albinos and five non-albino adults; two of the latter served as chaperones for the young people. The other three were delegates on a secret political mission to the United States. These individuals and their communities of origin are inconsistently identified in the documents. This is due to mistakes and simplifications by Harrington and others and because in this era, Cuna often had multiple and variously spelled names. The chaperones were a couple from the island of Nargana (also referred to as San Jose, Yantuppu and Rio Diablo in the notes): Jim, James, or Santiago Perry (also Berry, Beri, or Campos) and his wife Inez or Alice. The albinos were their adolescent daughter Margarita or Marguerite, and two unrelated boys who were sometimes passed off as their sons. The younger was called Tcippu (the Cuna word for "white," often given to albinos) from the island of Ustupu or Portogandi. The older boy was Olo Piniginya or Olo from Ailigandi.

The three political delegates were Igwa Nigdibippi, a subchief of the island of Ailigandi and personal emissary of the high chief Cimral Coleman; Alfred Robinson or Kantule, son of the high chief Nele Kantule of Portogandi; and Phillip (Phillip, Felipe) Thompson, also called Niga ("nephew") of Tikantikki or Niatupu. Alfred and Phillip spoke English and Spanish, and Phillip had attended primary school in Washington some years earlier.

Harrington and Vogenitz worked with Jim Perry and his daughter Margarita, Phillip Thompson (abbreviated "Ph." or "Fe!."), Alfred Robinson ("Alf."), and Igwa Nigdibippi ("Chief"). The group was first brought to the museum on October 18, 1924, and Harrington began recording information from them the next day. His field notes mention dates in October through December; during some of this period Vogenitz worked more intensively with the Indians while Harrington attended to other work at the Smithsonian. A vocabulary slip dated January 12 [1925] was probably written out after the fact. Frances Densmore began her musical studies with the Cuna on November 25th and worked intensively with them from November 30 to December 6.

The Cuna party left the United States at the beginning of January. Later in the month Marsh returned to San BIas, the coastal territory of the Cuna, and at the end of February helped to lead an uprising against the Panamanian government.

Local Numbers:

Accession #1976-95

Related Materials:

See Manuscript 4490 for the map of San Blas drawn by Igwa Nigdibippi for Harrington. The NAA also holds the papers of Richard Marsh.

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Cuna language  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Linguistics  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Ethnobotany  Search this

Ethnomusicology  Search this

Names, Geographical  Search this

Names, Ethnological  Search this

Zoology -- nomenclature  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Vocabulary

Manuscripts

Songs

Collection Citation:

John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

The preferred citation for the Harrington Papers will reference the actual location within the collection, i.e. Box 172, Alaska/Northwest Coast, Papers of John Peabody Harrington, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

However, as the NAA understands the need to cite phrases or vocabulary on specific pages, a citation referencing the microfilmed papers is acceptable. Please note that the page numbering of the PDF version of the Harrington microfilm does not directly correlate to the analog microfilm frame numbers. If it is necessary to cite the microfilmed papers, please refer to the specific page number of the PDF version, as in: Papers of John Peabody Harrington, Microfilm: MF 7, R34 page 42.

Identifier:

NAA.1976-95, Subseries 7.6

See more items in:

John Peabody Harrington Papers

John Peabody Harrington Papers / Series 7: Mexico/Central America/South America

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e676f691-d235-4e0f-8d74-29782087c33b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1976-95-ref15138

Creator:

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972  Search this

Names:

Underhill, Ruth, 1883-1984  Search this

Collection Creator:

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Extent:

1 Boxe

Culture:

Indians of Mexico  Search this

Indians of Central America  Search this

Indians of South America  Search this

Aztec (archaeological culture)  Search this

Cakchikel Indians  Search this

Mayas  Search this

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Arawak Indians  Search this

Carib Indians  Search this

Shuar  Search this

Quechua Indians  Search this

Tepecano Indians  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Vocabulary

Poems

Date:

circa 1907-circa 1957

Scope and Contents:

This subseries of the Notes and writings on special linguistic studies series contains material that supplement Harrington's Mexico, Central America, and South America field notes.

The Pima/Papago/Seri/Opata section contains a partial page torn from one of the notebooks recording the placename trip which Harrington made through southern California, Arizona, and Mexico in the spring of 1930. Also filed here are a letter of recommendation by Guadalupe Flores on March 11, 1934, and a brief note from a telephone conversation with Ruth Underhill on April 2, 1948.

The earliest item relating to Nahuatl is a draft of a review of the book The Song of Quetzalcoatl, a translation of the Aztec poem by John H. Cornyn. There is also a card with a brief untranslated text. The reverse side of the card shows a standard form devised by William Gates. Other materials include a brief list of addresses of informants and collaborators in Harrington's Nahuatl fieldwork, a note on the native name of Mexico City, reading notes from Cyrus Thomas's Indian Languages of Mexico and Central America (1911), a three-page typed statement with two pages on Aztec phrases and one page on Aztec numbers, and a miscellaneous group of grammatical and bibliographic references.

For Cakchiquel there is one page with a bibliographic reference and two lexical items.

Material on Yucatec consists of linguistic notes from Castulo Ucan, data on the Maya counting system and glyphs, and bibliographic references. There are also a review of Book II of the Florentine Codex labeled "finished Apr. 7, 1952" and page one of a third version of a review of S. G. Morley's book The Ancient Maya.

The Cuna file contains a permission slip and a one-page typed draft of "Foreign Elements in the Language of the Tule Indians." There is also a copy of the Service's Daily Science News Bulletin for December 17, 1924, which includes a two-page story titled "White Indian Language Has Many Norse Words." These brief announcements are related to the miscellaneous notes which were compiled by Harrington and Paul Vogenitz to demonstrate the affinity of Cuna with the Scandinavian languages.

Harrington's files on South American languages contain small blocks of data pertaining to Arawak, Carib, Jivaro, and Quechua. They begin with miscellaneous notes from secondary sources on the areas where Arawak and Carib were spoken. Material on Jivaro consists of about eighty pages of vocabulary which was obtained in 1944 from Seaman H. G. Eamigh. There are also two pages of excerpts from Ghinassi's Jibaro vocabulary. Material relating to Quechua includes bibliographic references with various spellings of the name; a few pages of grammatical and phonetic notes from other sources; two pages of notes from Mr. Indacochea dated January 16, 1945; and two permission slips and notes regarding a review of Farfan's Poesia folklorica quechua. The file ends with three small pages of notes which were exchanged between Julian Steward and Harrington regarding various South American languages.

Under general and miscellaneous materials is a two-page typed list of captions for twenty-six photographs under the heading "Quirigua, Guatamala," with references to Dr. Hewett and Dr. Lummus (possibly Charles F. Lummis?) and a miscellaneous note regarding the native palm of Panama. There are also notes from secondary sources on historical exploration of the coast of Yucatan and on the Tepecano language of Mexico.

Local Numbers:

Accession #1976-95

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Nahuatl language  Search this

Cakchikel language  Search this

Maya language  Search this

Cuna language  Search this

Arawak language  Search this

Carib language  Search this

Shuar language  Search this

Quechua language  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Linguistics  Search this

Names, Geographical  Search this

Maya numeration  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Vocabulary

Poems

Collection Citation:

John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

The preferred citation for the Harrington Papers will reference the actual location within the collection, i.e. Box 172, Alaska/Northwest Coast, Papers of John Peabody Harrington, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

However, as the NAA understands the need to cite phrases or vocabulary on specific pages, a citation referencing the microfilmed papers is acceptable. Please note that the page numbering of the PDF version of the Harrington microfilm does not directly correlate to the analog microfilm frame numbers. If it is necessary to cite the microfilmed papers, please refer to the specific page number of the PDF version, as in: Papers of John Peabody Harrington, Microfilm: MF 7, R34 page 42.

Identifier:

NAA.1976-95, Subseries 8.7

See more items in:

John Peabody Harrington Papers

John Peabody Harrington Papers / Series 8: Notes and Writings on Special Linguistic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3255b113b-1414-4af6-8bd0-95b8e2ae67a5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1976-95-ref15311

Creator:

Verrill, John, 1904-1933  Search this

Extent:

25 Items (2.5 linear inches.)

Culture:

Choco Indians  Search this

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Shuar/Achuar  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence

Maps

Photographs

Postcards

Reports

Typescripts

Place:

Atrato River Valley (Colombia)

Date:

circa 1931

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of the papers of John Verrill and is comprised of ethnographic notes on the Jivaro (23 leaves), a report entitled "Results of Preliminary Survey of the Archeology and Ethnology of the Atrato Valley of Colombia, South America" (28 leaves), 5 maps of grave fields, 47 black-and-white photographs (apparently Cuna Indians, plus one of Verrill), 61 black-and-white postcards and a letter from Verrill to his parents.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1998-17

Topic:

Ethnology -- Colombia  Search this

Ethnology -- Ecuador  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Maps

Photographs

Postcards

Reports

Typescripts

Citation:

Manuscript 1998-17 John Verrill Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.MS1998-17

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw387e8d565-ae70-4380-831d-11e08051a9dc

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1998-17

Creator:

Whitaker, C. H.  Search this

Extent:

36 Pages

62 Photographs

1 Map

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Photographs

Maps

Date:

1954

Scope and Contents:

Includes 62 photographs, and 1 map; and 1 exhibit: a printed Cuna primer, Tule Kaya Sunmakket Wilup Kan," by Alcibiades Iglesias, 1951.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4425

Topic:

Panama  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Maps

Citation:

Manuscript 4425, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4425

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32152d22e-293e-49b2-9fa1-c4ef00dcda08

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4425

Creator:

Verrill, John, 1904-1933  Search this

Extent:

27 Pages

5 Maps

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Choco  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Maps

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Includes: "Cuna Glossary," 8 pages; "[Choco] Glossary [and ethnographic notes]," 11 pages; "Snapshots [captions and background information]," 8 pages; 57 snapshots of Cuna and Choco Indians. Notes on John Verrill, recorded by C. Evans from telephone conversation with M. W. Stirling, 2/62. 1 page typed. (Added 2/62)

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4440

Topic:

Archeology -- Colombia  Search this

Colombia  Search this

Genre/Form:

Maps

Photographs

Citation:

Manuscript 4440, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4440

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3121b6d32-93a1-4583-b86c-1105f8058600

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4440

Creator:

Cleveland, A.G.  Search this

Extent:

244 Pages

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Pictographs

Maps

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Includes: "The San Blas Coast," 77 pages, handwritten; and typed transcript, with carbon copy, 82 pages each. Original examples of Tule picture writing, (only A and F found, others missing, 5/13/76), collected and partially interpreted by A.G. Cleveland. 30 pages in 12 in x 5 in black notebook. Typescript of the interpretations, with carbon copy, 8 pages each. (For negatives of the picture writing samples, see S.I. Negative Numbers 49,394-A-N). Picture writing, 33 pages, in 9 in x 7 in notebook. "Dictionary and interpretation of the San Blas Indian Language, as interpreted by A.G. Cleveland," 91 pages, handwritten, in 12 in x 5 in black notebook. Two manuscript maps of the San Blas coast, drawn by A.G. Cleveland.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4451-a

Other Title:

The San Blas Coast

Dictionary and interpretation of the San Blas Indian Language, as interpreted by A.G. Cleveland

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Panama  Search this

Genre/Form:

Pictographs -- Tule

Maps

Citation:

Manuscript 4451-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4451A

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f1729f03-ead3-4674-8849-522168b47e1d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4451a

Creator:

Nigdibippi, Chief Igwa  Search this

Extent:

1 Map (hand-drawn, 145 x 238 cm.)

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Maps

Place:

San Blas Islands (Panama)

Date:

1924-1925

Scope and Contents:

Pictographic map of the Caribbean coastline of Panama with Kuna place-names and various drawings of persons and events. 7 drawings on 12" by 9" manila paper sewn onto map. The name "EQUAEGEPIPI" is lettered in two places on the map. The map is rolled-up and in brittle condition.

Biographical / Historical:

Chief Igwa Nigdibippi (possibly also known as Chief Golman), from Agligandi Island, visited Washington, D.C. in 1924 with members of the Marsh-Darien expedition. It is uncertain whether he painted the map during this visit.

Local Numbers:

BAE Neg 4304

OPPS Neg 44,252

NAA MS 4490

Local Note:

Information about the conservation treatment of the map can be found at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/features/artwork_conservation.htm.

Other Archival Materials:

See NAA INV 04280902 for photo of Chief Igwa Nigdibippi working on map.

Restrictions:

Due to the fragile condition of the map, access is restricted to digital images unless permission has been obtained to look at the original.

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Maps

Citation:

Manuscript 4490, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4490

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39127d0e0-6a59-4e00-88e4-6dcc006f44dd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4490

Creator:

Spencer, June Alice  Search this

Extent:

42 Photographic prints

Culture:

Kuna (Cuna)  Search this

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Indians of Central America -- Panama  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Place:

San Blas Islands (Panama)

Date:

1996-1997

Summary:

This collection consists of forty-two 3.5 x 5" color photographic prints of the Guna peoples of Ukupseni (formerly Playón Chico), one of the islands in the Guna Yala Indigenous Territory (formerly San Blas), Panama. The photographs were taken by June Alice Spencer during visits in 1996-1997, and depict Guna people in their daily lives.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of forty-two 3.5 x 5" color photographic prints of the Guna peoples of Ukupseni (formerly Playón Chico), one of the islands in the Guna Yala Indigenous Territory (formerly San Blas), Panama. The photographs were taken by June Alice Spencer during visits in 1996-1997, and depict Guna people in their daily lives. Notable images include villagers fishing, repairing a building's roof, harvesting a sea turtle, as well as images of the market, village buildings, molas, a young child with albinism, a young girl having her nose pierced, children at play, and the nearby airport landing strip.

Arrangement:

The materials in this collection are organized into folders.

Biographical / Historical:

June Alice Spencer is a retired Assistant Professor from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. She took the photographs in this collection while visiting Ukupseni (formerly Playón Chico), Panama, in 1996-1997.

Separated Materials:

Three Guna molas, made on the island of Ukupseni (formerly Playón Chico), were also donated to the NMAI by June Alice Spencer in 2016. These three molas were assigned object numbers: 26/9694, 26/9695, and 26/9696.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by June Alice Spencer in 2016.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 4:30pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); June Alice Spencer photograph collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.112

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv434462d2e-1f85-4d2e-be82-4b46cd53712d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-112

Creator:

Randolph, Ruth Morrison  Search this

Extent:

19 Pages

6 Items (photographic prints )

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

December 5, 1923

Scope and Contents:

The letter describes a trip by boat up the Sambu River, Panama, and meetings with "Chokoki" Indians. The photographs show Indians, boats, and houses.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 7529

Topic:

Boats -- Cuna  Search this

Dwellings -- Cuna  Search this

Panama -- Sambu River  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 7529, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7529

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b17455d6-8424-4c0f-a111-0bdc204af138

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7529

Creator:

Lull, Edward Phelps, 1836-1887  Search this

Extent:

6 Pages

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

May 9, 1873

Scope and Contents:

From Transactions of the American Philological Society, 1873

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1158

Local Note:

A printed pamphlet.

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Panama  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1158, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1158

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw324d93342-c68e-4e88-93af-5f60a52c20ab

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1158

Collector:

Creighton, J. M., Ensign, U.S.N.  Search this

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

April 5, 1917

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1745

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Panama  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1745, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1745

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw341260014-4836-4092-99f8-5d8e6e4c5e35

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1745

Culture/People:

possibly Ngäbe (Guaymi) (attributed); collected from the Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Collector:

A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954  Search this

Previous owner:

A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954  Search this

Seller:

A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928  Search this

Object Name:

Drum

Media/Materials:

Wood, hide

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Music and Sound

Place:

Río Capetí (Capetti); Emberá-Wounaan Indigenous Territory, Darién Province; Panama

Catalog Number:

8/3507

Barcode:

083507.000

See related items:

Ngäbe (Guaymi)

Guna (Kuna)

Music and Sound

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62be69acc-41c2-46b3-9880-f16c469d3842

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_90031

Culture/People:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Collector:

A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954  Search this

Previous owner:

A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954  Search this

Seller:

A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928  Search this

Object Name:

Necklace

Media/Materials:

Animal tooth/teeth, glass bead/beads

Techniques:

Strung

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Río Púcaro (Pukro); Pinogana District; Darién Province; Panama

Catalog Number:

8/3573

Barcode:

083573.000

See related items:

Guna (Kuna)

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d8e989a2-db33-418f-b5bf-2541b63d6fdd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_90097