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"Araby's Daughter", (painting)

Artist:
Carter, D. M.  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
Figure female  Search this
Literature--Moore--Lalla Rookh  Search this
Mythology--Asian--Peri  Search this
Control number:
AECI 04920025
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_95176

"Arts of the Monsoon" film

Creator:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Videodiscs (Blu-ray)
1 Videodiscs (DVD)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Videodiscs (blu-ray)
Videodiscs (dvd)
Dvds
Place:
Zanzibar
Africa, East
Oman
Date:
2016
Summary:
This collection consists of two copies of the DVD "Arts of the Monsoon," (2016) one standard and one Blu-ray. Produced in 2016 by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, the film portrays how the dhows, in sailing across the monsoon winds of he Indian Ocean between Oman and East Africa, brought cross-cultural influences along the coastal areas of Sur, Salalah, and Zanzibar.
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.
Topic:
Dhows  Search this
Genre/Form:
DVDs
Citation:
"Arts of the Monsoon DVDs", EEPA 2017-007, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2017-007
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7199dadc0-cb39-415f-8c60-960263d17054
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2017-007

'The dearest thing on the East African coast' : the forgotten nineteenth-century trade in 'Muscat cloth' / Sarah Fee

Author:
Fee, Sarah 1963-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Oman
Indian Coast (East Africa)
Africa, East
Indian Coast (Africa)
Date:
2018
Topic:
Textile fabrics, Omani  Search this
Textile industry--History  Search this
Weaving  Search this
Textile design  Search this
Textile trade  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Clothing  Search this
Clothing trade  Search this
Commerce  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
TS1402.9 .T49 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098789

1 – 999

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Dec. 1867–Apr. 1868
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M798, File 4.4.1
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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 4: Letters Received / 4.4: Entered in Register 4
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3b173f1a8-240d-4082-a46b-93201aaa30d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-fb-m798-ref37
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1/4 Anna, Oman, 1893-1897

Physical Description:
copper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: .1 cm x 2.6 cm; 1/32 in x 1 1/32 in
Object Name:
coin
Place made:
Oman
Date made:
1893 - 1897
Credit Line:
Whitney Haring-Smith & Abigail Seldin
ID Number:
2015.0126.14
Accession number:
2015.0126
Catalog number:
2015.0126.14
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-d72f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1763842

100b Khor Rori stone tablet

Title:
Scott Catalogue Oman 182
Medium:
paper; ink
Dimensions:
Height x Width: 1 11/16 x 1 1/16 in. (4.3 x 2.7 cm)
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
OMAN (sultanate)
Date:
1977
Topic:
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Object number:
2011.2015.19
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National Postal Museum Collection
On View:
Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8d311e619-557e-4eb6-ac83-c06f954fa39a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2011.2015.19

1904

Collection Creator:
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this
Container:
Box 112, Folder 1-14
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1904
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Collection Citation:
Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.
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Charles Lang Freer Papers
Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 6: Financial Materials / 6.5: Vouchers / 6.5.2: Financial materials - Vouchers - Art vouchers
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3effbf849-0d0c-4b7f-ba45-1170032897b7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref1730
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1908

Collection Creator:
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this
Container:
Box 115, Folder 2-10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1908
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Collection Citation:
Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.
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Charles Lang Freer Papers
Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 6: Financial Materials / 6.5: Vouchers / 6.5.2: Financial materials - Vouchers - Art vouchers
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3b995a588-e69c-444e-884e-c8fa0c37f876
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref1734
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1911

Collection Creator:
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this
Container:
Box 118, Folder 1-9
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1911
Scope and Contents note:
Art inventory of Near Eastern pottery
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Collection Citation:
Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.
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Charles Lang Freer Papers
Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 6: Financial Materials / 6.5: Vouchers / 6.5.2: Financial materials - Vouchers - Art vouchers
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc32135d596-325f-4508-a516-611701eb0cb1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref1744
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2 1/2 Rials, Oman, 1977

Physical Description:
silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements:
overall: .275 cm x 3.861 cm; 3/32 in x 1 17/32 in
Object Name:
Coin
Place made:
Oman
Date made:
1977
Credit Line:
Selinger, Jane
ID Number:
1993.0589.0027
Catalog number:
1993.0589.0027
Accession number:
1993.0589
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-ee22-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1154708
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20b Mina al Fahal Harbor single

Title:
Scott Catalogue Oman 106
Medium:
paper; ink
Dimensions:
Height x Width: 1 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (3.3 x 4.6 cm)
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
Muscat & Oman
Date:
1966
Topic:
International Stamps & Mail  Search this
Object number:
2011.2005.726
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National Postal Museum Collection
On View:
Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm818ef8248-9286-4c7e-8e2c-fac2cccfbce2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2011.2005.726

39th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival : Food culture USA : Forest service, culture and community ; Nuestra música: music in latino culture ; Oman: desert, oasis and sea

Title:
Thirty Ninth Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2005
Festival of American Folklife, 2005
Author:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival (39th : 2005 : Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Subject:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this
Physical description:
131 p. : ill ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Catalogs
Place:
United States
Oman
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Americans--Food  Search this
Forest reserves--Social aspects  Search this
Hispanic Americans--Music  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
GR105 .S66 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_807636

5000 Jahre Kupfer in Oman / Herausgeber, Vereinigung der Freunde von Kunst und Kultur im Bergbau e. V. [und] Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum

Author:
Vereinigung der Freunde von Kunst und Kultur im Bergbau  Search this
Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum  Search this
Physical description:
v. : ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Oman
Date:
1985
1985-
Topic:
Copper--Metallurgy--History  Search this
Copperwork--History  Search this
Call number:
TN780 .F95 1985
TN780.F95 1985
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_406400

8432106, Oman Exhibition

Container:
Box 12 of 19
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 85-204, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction, Project Files
See more items in:
Project Files
Project Files / Box 12
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa85-204-refidd1e2192

The Conjure Woman

Written by:
Charles W. Chesnutt, American, 1858 - 1932  Search this
Published by:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, American, founded 1880  Search this
Produced by:
Riverside Press, American, 1852 - 1971  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with gold, cloth, cardboard and acetate film
Dimensions:
H x W x D (Closed): 7 1/8 × 4 7/8 × 1 1/16 in. (18.1 × 12.4 × 2.7 cm)
Type:
hardcover books
Place depicted:
Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place printed:
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1899
Topic:
African American  Search this
American South  Search this
Folklife  Search this
Hoodoo  Search this
Language  Search this
Literature  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Religion  Search this
Stereotypes  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2014.280
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Exhibition:
Cultural Expressions
On View:
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59c3315ef-5924-4117-a9dc-4aef06ac81cd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.280
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A Brief Study of the Application of Three Nerva Engine Models to Comparatively Modern Manned Interplanetary Missions Such as Capture in an Elliptic Orbit around Venus in 1975 and Return to Earth (B. Brown, Ehricke, B. Oman, and W. Strobl, GDA report GD...

Collection Creator:
Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984  Search this
Container:
Box 162, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Krafft A. Ehricke Papers, Accession 2003-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers
Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers / Series 4: Reference Files / Planets and Planetary Missions / Studies and Projects / EMIM - EMPIRE Follow-On (continuation of NASA contract NAS8-5026) [112 folders, total]
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg23c3974bf-d28c-41ba-b3c5-77a124996715
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2003-0025-ref2972

A Portuguese East Indiaman from the 1502–1503 Fleet of Vasco da Gama off Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman: an interim report

Author:
Mearns, David L.  Search this
Parham, David  Search this
Frohlich, Bruno  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2016
Citation:
Mearns, David L., Parham, David, and Frohlich, Bruno. 2016. "A Portuguese East Indiaman from the 1502–1503 Fleet of Vasco da Gama off Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman: an interim report." International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 45, (2) 331–350. https://doi.org/10.1111/1095-9270.12175.
Identifier:
139387
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1111/1095-9270.12175
ISSN:
1057-2414
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_139387

A Preliminary Report of Marine Mammal Fisheries in Djibouti, Oman and Sri Lanka

Author:
Alling, A  Search this
Type:
Citations
Topic:
Whaling  Search this
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_8910

A Report on Oman Sea Squids

Author:
Anonymous  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1997
Topic:
Pacific  Search this
Depth, information in published paper  Search this
Gear--Pelagic trawl  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cephalopoda--Cranchiidae--Liocranchia--reinhardti
Cephalopoda--Ancistrocheiridae--Ancistrocheirus--lesueuri
Cephalopoda--Ommastrephidae
Cephalopoda--Loliginidae
Cephalopoda--Thysanoteuthidae
Cephalopoda--Onychoteuthidae
Data Source:
Cephalopod Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_14665

A bibliography of English military books up to 1642 and of contemporary foreign works, by MauriceJ.D. Cockle ... With an introductory note by Charles Oman ... Edited by H.D. Cockle

Author:
Cockle, Maurice James Draffen  Search this
Oman, Charles William Chadwick Sir 1860-1946  Search this
Ed:
Cockle, H. D.  Search this
Physical description:
2 p. l., v-xl p., 1 l., 267, [1] p. XIII pl. (incl. ports., facsims., maps) on 14 l. 26 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Date:
1900
Early modern, 1500-1700
Topic:
Military art and science  Search this
Military history  Search this
Rare books  Search this
English literature--Bibliography  Search this
Call number:
Z6725.G7 C66 1900
Z6725.G7C66 1900
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_118334

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