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Isabel T. Kelly collection of photographs of Totonac people and archeological sites in Mexico

Photographer:
Kelly, Isabel T. (Isabel Truesdell), 1906-  Search this
Done, Otto  Search this
Guzman, Elena  Search this
Harris, Bertha  Search this
Mcdonald, John  Search this
Smisor, George T.  Search this
Collector:
Kelly, Isabel T. (Isabel Truesdell), 1906-  Search this
Names:
Smithsonian Institution. Institute of Social Anthropology  Search this
Extent:
75 Gelatin silver prints (mounted)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Negritos  Search this
Totonac  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gelatin silver prints
Photographs
Place:
Tajín Site (Mexico)
Mexico -- Antiquities
Tajín (Mexico)
Papantla de Olarte (Mexico)
Date:
circa 1947-1948
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs made by Isabel T. Kelly in Tajin, Papantla, and elsewhere in Mexico. There are images of dances and dancers (including Volador "Flying" dance, Guagua, and Negrito dances), Totonac people, a Totonac wedding, and pyramids and relief sculpture at El Tajin Site. The photographs are enlarged prints, mounted and signed, that were made for an exhibit. In part, the images relate to work of the Institute of Social Anthropology and include photographs made by Isabel T. Kelly, George T. Smisor, Done Otto, Elena Guzman, Bertha B. Harris, and John McDonald; in some cases, multiple photographers documented the same event. Also included is a watercolor drawing "Palo de Voladores" and a school workbook "Silabario Metódico de San Miguel."
Biographical Note:
Isabel Truesdell Kelly (1906-1983) was an archeologist and social anthropologist who specialized in Mexican cultures and prehistory. Born in Santa Cruz, California, she developed a long-standing scholarly interest in anthropology while an undergraduate student at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB). She earned her BA (1926), MA (1927), and PhD (1932) in anthropology at UCB. From 1932-1934, Kelly conducted fieldwork with the Southern Paiute as a National Research Fellow in the Biological Sciences. She then went to Mexico as a research associate under the direction of Carl Sauer and Alfred Kroeber; while there, she directed archeological investigations in Culiacan, Sinaloa. In 1936, she returned to UCB as Carl Sauer's teaching assistant and then conducted research with the Gila Pueblo Archeological Foundation in 1937. With minimal funding from UCB's Anthropology Department, Kelly returned to Mexico for archeological reconnaisance in 1939. She gained Mexican residency in 1940, finally settling in Tepepan. In 1946, Kelly became Ethnologist-in-Charge of the Smithsonian's Institute of Social Anthropology (ISA) Mexico City office; she taught and conducted research among the Totonac Indians in Veracruz and conducted health care research in El Salvador and Mexico. From 1952-1960, Kelly worked with the Institute of Inter-American Affairs (forerunner to the Agency for International Development), studying in Mexico, Bolivia, and Pakistan. In 1960, she returned to research in Mexico with the sponsorship of the Rockefeller Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation, and National Geographic Society.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 80-32
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Totonac artifacts collected by Kelly held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 365366.
The National Anthropological Archives holds Institute of Social Anthropology photographs (Photo Lot 4623) and the ISA records.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Dance  Search this
Flying dance  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 80-32, Isabel T. Kelly collection of photographs of Totonac people and archeological sites in Mexico, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.80-32
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw327a0bc83-3b40-4480-9dac-8a3911f72144
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-80-32

Young Man in Costume

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 007 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07606100
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Peoples
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32fad84c3-9d2d-4c18-958d-699d1c1919d3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10463

Man in Costume

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 007 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07606200
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Peoples
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c53f52b7-eda9-4e3b-97e8-6bf7fb7ca910
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10464

Young Woman with Ornaments

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 007 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07606300
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Peoples
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw343c625de-207d-43e1-93ec-49aad931381e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10465

Three Women, One with Infant, All in Costume and with Ornaments

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 007 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07606400
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Autana River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Peoples
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3359fed15-da98-44e3-8fcd-0e1c2aff71e3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10466

Two (Three?) Young Women and Young Man (Two Young Men?), One with Bead Necklaces

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 007 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07606500
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Peoples
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a89cdc68-3a52-44dc-8cd5-4b00065ade16
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10467

Two Men (One Non-Native) and Two Young Women, One with Infant, All in Costume and with Ornaments

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 007 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07606600
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Autana River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Peoples
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35f6ae37d-f862-41e4-976e-bf69211ab279
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10468

Man

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07613200
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw320995d09-25b9-4f7d-91c4-b33444553ce7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10542

Young Man Wearing Bead Labret

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07613300
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ef2b82ea-0458-419e-862c-7a8d484ccc1e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10543

Young Woman

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07613400
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw376b7f863-3fda-4066-934d-c953572fe1cd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10544

Young Woman

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07613500
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30a4ee18a-69d5-4579-9be5-3b9b0fc4211c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10545

Woman Wearing String Necklaces

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07613600
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35263bad0-2778-49cb-a45b-4f6b8814cf45
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10546

Youung Woman Wearing Beaded Necklaces

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07613700
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Paria River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f5c8fae1-3fb6-4c21-9418-6d36c2cd14af
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10547

Young Man

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07613800
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Autana River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3070adc2f-5ff3-40c8-ae4a-150ccf8606a6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10548

Man Wearing Earring (Profile)

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07613900
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Autana River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a706159b-1daf-44a7-9325-85db26b6b127
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10549

Man

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07614000
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Autana River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3799f2676-dd7f-4ef3-a719-29d00a2097b3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10550

Man (Profile)

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07614100
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Autana River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw378269e34-8a58-4820-8a33-222871447f93
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10551

Young Woman

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07614200
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Autana River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3dc0ac6c3-db71-4fec-8467-69c2edc4717d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10552

Woman with Body Paint, in Costume, Wearing Ornaments and Near River

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07614300
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Autana River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f6b26c02-7ed6-419e-a33e-ef38732059b9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10553

Young Woman Holding Infant, Both Wearing Ornaments

Creator:
Cruxent, Jose M.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Piaroa  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07614400
Local Note:
Received, Sept 1949
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Venezuela -- Autana River
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / South America / Venezuela
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30f1cfe40-f286-4067-99a5-881b6c85443a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10554

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