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The Eighteen Scholars of the Tang Dynasty

Artist:
Formerly attributed to Emperor Huizong (1082-1135 (reigned 1101-1125))  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 27.3 x 559.5 cm (10 3/4 x 220 1/4 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
17th century
Period:
Ming or Qing dynasty
Topic:
landscape  Search this
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
celebration  Search this
garden  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1916.141
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3192ff710-3e3d-47b3-8d9c-a8f413af120b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1916.141

Les peuples beti du Cameroun origine, ethnies et traditions Vincent de Paul Ndougsa ; préface de Jacques Deboheur Koukam

Author:
Ndougsa, Vincent de Paul 1957-  Search this
Writer of preface:
Koukam, Jacques Deboheur  Search this
Physical description:
441 pages 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Cameroon
Cameroun
Date:
2018
Topic:
History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Beti (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Beti (African people)--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Beti (Peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire  Search this
Beti (Peuple d'Afrique)--Conditions sociales  Search this
Beti (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Ethnologie  Search this
Beti (African people)  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159640

Masquerade and local knowledge in urban Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria / Jordan A. Fenton

Author:
Fenton, Jordan  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Ekpe (Society)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Calabar
Date:
2010
Topic:
Masquerades  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .C46
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1032288

Masking and money in a Nigerian metropolis : the economics of performance in Calabar / Jordan A. Fenton

Author:
Fenton, Jordan  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Ekpe (Society)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Calabar
Date:
2016
Topic:
Masquerades--Economic aspects  Search this
Income  Search this
Masquerade performance  Search this
Youth, Efik--Societies, etc  Search this
Masquerade costume  Search this
Call number:
N7380 .C758
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1074228

Sustainable futures : Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa and the study of traditional-based African artists / Jordan A. Fenton

Author:
Fenton, Jordan  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Bassey Nsa, Ekpenyong 1973-  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Calabar
Date:
2017
Topic:
Mask makers  Search this
Efik mask makers  Search this
Efik masquerade costume  Search this
Art, Efik--Economic aspects  Search this
Art patronage  Search this
Art historians--Professional ethics  Search this
Call number:
N1 .A258
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1087179

Expressive currencies : artistic transactions and transformations of warrior-inspired masquerades in Calabar / Jordan A. Fenton

Author:
Fenton, Jordan  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Nnabo (Society)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Calabar
Date:
2019
Topic:
Ukwa (Masquerade)  Search this
Masquerades  Search this
Masquerade performance  Search this
Masquerade costume  Search this
Skull assemblages (Object groupings)  Search this
Youth  Search this
Call number:
N1 .A258
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1104777

Les masques et leur rôle dans les sociétés africaines

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa
Date:
1954
Topic:
Masquerades  Search this
Masks, African  Search this
Art and society  Search this
Call number:
NX589.6.C6 B87
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_510168

Masques africaines / Alexandre Adandé

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Date:
1951
Topic:
Masks, African  Search this
Masquerades  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .N911
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_669622

Tam-Tam Avohu / A. Adandé et Pierre Verger

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Verger, Pierre  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Porto-Novo (Benin)
Date:
1953
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Adja oral tradition  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .N911
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_750170

Un rite expiatoire : Oma / A. Adandé et Pierre Verger

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Verger, Pierre  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Vodun (Cult) Rituals  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1953
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .N911
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_750174

The function and social significance of mask in black Africa

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
10 leaves
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Africa
Date:
1955
[n.d.]
Topic:
Masquerades  Search this
Masks, African  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Masks and Masquerades--General
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_781170

Displaying the ostentation : contemporary chieftaincy dress and the Ebonko costume from Calabar, Nigeria / Jordan A. Fenton

Author:
Fenton, Jordan  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Ekpe (Society) Rituals  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2011
Topic:
Efik masquerade costume  Search this
Call number:
NK8887 .C66 2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_977131

Marriage of the Dwarfs, (painting)

Artist:
Unknown  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ceremony--Wedding  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Dwarf  Search this
Control number:
AECI 09560338
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_127462

Feast of Dwarfs, (painting)

Artist:
Unknown  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
State of Being--Disabled--Dwarf  Search this
Ceremony--Other--Banquet  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Eating & Drinking  Search this
Control number:
AECI 04220275
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_85475

(James Kennedy Patterson), (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Lukeman, Augustus 1871-1935  Search this
Founder:
Gorham Manufacturing Company  Search this
Subject:
Patterson, James Kennedy  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by University of Kentucky Administration Lexington Kentucky 40506
Located University of Kentucky In plaza near Administration Building Lexington Kentucky 40506
Date:
Early 1930s. Dedicated June 1, 1934. Relocated 1968 or April 1969
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Education--University President  Search this
Occupation--Education--Principal  Search this
Occupation--Education--Teacher  Search this
Dress--Ceremonial--Academic Dress  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Physical Disability  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Cane  Search this
Object--Written Matter  Search this
Object--Furniture--Chair  Search this
Control number:
IAS KY000219
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_332477

Boston Marathon, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: granite with bronze reliefs; Bollards: pink granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Boston Office of Cultural Affairs Boston City Hall, Room 716 Boston Massachusetts 02201
Located Copley Square Dartmouth & Boylston Boston Massachusetts
Date:
1996
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Recreation--Sport & Play--Track & Field  Search this
Ceremony--Festival--Boston Marathon  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Sports Uniform  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Physical Disability  Search this
Object--Other--Wheelchair  Search this
Emblem--Seal  Search this
Control number:
IAS MA000179
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_336421

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, (sculpture)

Title:
FDR Memorial, (sculpture)
First Inaugural, (sculpture)
Presidential Seal, (sculpture)
Rural Couple, (sculpture)
Fireside Chat, (sculpture)
Breadline, (sculpture)
Social Problems, (sculpture)
Eleanor Roosevelt, (sculpture)
Funeral Cortege, (sculpture)
Designer:
Halprin, Lawrence 1916-2009  Search this
Sculptor:
Baskin, Leonard 1922-2000  Search this
Estern, Neil 1926-  Search this
Graham, Robert 1938-2008  Search this
Hardy, Tom 1921-2016  Search this
Segal, George 1924-2000  Search this
Carver:
Benson, John Everett 1939-  Search this
Stonecutter:
Hemmech, Dean  Search this
Kussatz, Kraug  Search this
Leither, Wally  Search this
Maile, LaVern  Search this
Sabrowsky, Mervile  Search this
Assistant:
Moss, Joe  Search this
Contractor:
Cold Spring Granite Company  Search this
William V. Walsh Construction Company  Search this
Subject:
Roosevelt, Franklin D  Search this
Roosevelt, Eleanor  Search this
Medium:
Bronze, Carnelian granite and plant material
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located West Potomac Park Between Tidal Basin, Ohio Drive, and Potomac River Washington District of Columbia
Date:
Designed 1978. 1991, 1994-1997. Dedicated May 2, 1997. Wheel-chair figure of Roosevelt added: Jan. 2001
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Portrait female--Full length  Search this
Animal--Dog  Search this
Animal--Portrait--Fala  Search this
Ceremony--Civic--Inauguration  Search this
Ceremony--Funeral  Search this
Figure group  Search this
State of Being--Mood--Desolation  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Physical Disability  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Radio  Search this
Animal--Bird--Eagle  Search this
Emblem--Seal  Search this
Control number:
IAS 71500337
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_344027

Love is the Message, The Message is Death

Artist:
Arthur Jafa, born Tupelo, MS 1960  Search this
Sitter:
Jr. Martin Luther King  Search this
Medium:
single-channel high-definition digital video, color, sound; 07:25 minutes
Type:
Media Arts
Date:
2016
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ceremony\wedding  Search this
African American  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
History\United States\Black History  Search this
Allegory\passion\love  Search this
Occupation\other\reformer  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Joint museum purchase with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Nion T. McEvoy, Chair of SAAM Commission (2016-2018), and McEvoy's fellow Commissioners in his honor; additional funding provided by Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, 2020.001.
Copyright:
© 2016, Arthur Jafa. Image courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York / Rome.
Object number:
2020.3
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Time-Based Media Art
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7acc0078d-bf63-4952-88bd-2901a2fe3cdf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.3

George V. Allen photograph collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier

Collector:
Allen, George V.  Search this
Names:
Albuquerque Indian School  Search this
Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)  Search this
Chilocco Indian Agricultural School  Search this
Geological Survey (U.S.)  Search this
Haskell Indian Nations University  Search this
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)  Search this
Yankton Mission (Yankton Indian Reservation, S.D.)  Search this
American Horse, 1840-1908  Search this
Big Bow Chief  Search this
Bogy, Lewis V. (Lewis Vital), 1813-1877  Search this
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923  Search this
Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this
Iron Bull (Crow Indian chief)  Search this
Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928  Search this
Mató-Tópe, Mandan chief, d. 1837  Search this
Mix, Charles E.  Search this
Monroe, Mark, 1930-  Search this
Moran, John, 1831-1903  Search this
Ouray  Search this
Red Cloud, 1822-1909  Search this
Red Dog, Oglala chief  Search this
Red Shirt, 1845?-1925  Search this
Reilly, John James, 1838-1894  Search this
Reynolds, Joseph Jones, 1822-1899  Search this
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890  Search this
Spotted Tail, 1823-1881  Search this
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915  Search this
Two Guns White Calf, 1872-1934 (Piegan)  Search this
Photographer:
Alvord, Kellogg, & Campbell  Search this
Bailey & Whitesides  Search this
Bailey, Dix, & Mead  Search this
Bennett & Brown  Search this
Black Hills View Company  Search this
Brooks Photo  Search this
Brubaker and Whitesides  Search this
C. Duhem & Bro.  Search this
Calfee & Catlin  Search this
Caswell & Davy  Search this
Copelin & Son  Search this
Cosand & Mosser  Search this
Cunningham & Co. (1880-1889)  Search this
D.D. Merrill, Randall & Co.  Search this
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)  Search this
Eaton, of Ralston, Oklahoma  Search this
Griffith & Griffith  Search this
Gurnsey & Illingworth  Search this
Hamilton and Hoyt  Search this
Hamilton and Kodylek  Search this
Hansard & Carden  Search this
Henry L. Shepard & Co.  Search this
Ingersoll View Company (St. Paul, Minnesota)  Search this
J.J. Reilly & Co.  Search this
Judd and McLeish  Search this
Keystone View Company  Search this
Kilburn Brothers  Search this
Lawrence & Houseworth  Search this
Leonard & Martin  Search this
M.S. Mepham & Bro.  Search this
Martin's Gallery  Search this
Montgomery Ward  Search this
Ramsour & Pennel  Search this
Reed & McKenney  Search this
Rodocker & Blanchard  Search this
Savage & Ottinger  Search this
Thomas Houseworth & Co  Search this
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Universal Photo Art Co  Search this
Whitney & Zimmerman  Search this
Wittick & Bliss  Search this
Wittick & Russell  Search this
Young & Chase  Search this
Barker, George, 1844-1894  Search this
Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934  Search this
Batchelder, B. P. (Benjamin Pierce), 1826-1891  Search this
Bates, Edw. (Edward)  Search this
Beaman, Edward O.  Search this
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this
Bell, William, 1830-1910  Search this
Benecke, Robert  Search this
Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908  Search this
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903  Search this
Blessing, S. T.  Search this
Blosser, J. A.  Search this
Bonine, Elias A., 1843-1916  Search this
Brockham, William (of Morris, Minnesota)  Search this
Brown, William Henry, 1844-1886  Search this
Brubaker, C. B.  Search this
Buehman, Henry, 1851-1912  Search this
Calfee, H. B. (Henry Bird), 1848-1912  Search this
Carbutt, John, 1832-1905  Search this
Carter, C. W., 1832-1918  Search this
Chamberlain, W. G. (William Gunnison)  Search this
Chase, D. B. (Dana B.)  Search this
Childs, B. F. (Brainard F.), ca. 1841-1921  Search this
Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902  Search this
Clark, George A. (George Alfred), 1936-  Search this
Climo, John Saunders  Search this
Cobb, William Henry, 1859-1909  Search this
Conklin, E (Enoch)  Search this
Cozzens, Samuel Woodworth, 1834-1878  Search this
Croft, Thomas  Search this
Cross, W. R. (William R.)  Search this
Currier, Frank, fl. 1890-1909  Search this
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this
Curtis, George E., 1830-1910  Search this
Cushing, W. H., fl. 1870-1889  Search this
Davis, S., fl. 1860-1880  Search this
Doremus, John P., 1827-1890  Search this
Eaton, E. L. (Edric L.), b. ca. 1836  Search this
Ebell, Adrian J. (Adrian John), 1840-1877  Search this
Eisenmann, Charles, b. 1850  Search this
Flanders, Dudley P.  Search this
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Fouch, John H., 1849-1933  Search this
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this
Godkin, William R.  Search this
Goodell, Abner Cheney, 1831-1914  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Gurnsey, B. H. (Byron H.), 1833-1880  Search this
Hamilton, J. H. (James H.)  Search this
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908  Search this
Hawkins, B.A.  Search this
Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921  Search this
Hazeltine, M. M. (Martin Mason), 1827-1903  Search this
Heister, H. T., (Henry T.), -1895  Search this
Heller, Louis Herman, ca. 1839-1929  Search this
Heston, Wat  Search this
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this
Hook, W. E. (William Edward), 1833-1908  Search this
Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton), 1854-1931  Search this
Illingworth, W. H. (William H.), 1842-1893  Search this
Immke, Henry W.  Search this
Ingalls, George W., 1838-1920  Search this
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this
Jacoby, W. H. (William H.), 1841-1905  Search this
Jarvis, J. F. (John F.), b. 1850  Search this
Johnson, W.S.  Search this
Kirkland, Geo. W. (George W.)  Search this
Knight, J. Lee  Search this
Landon, S. C. (Seth C.), b. 1825  Search this
Line, A. A.  Search this
Little, H.N.  Search this
Marshall, William I. (William Isaac), 1840-1906  Search this
Martin, Alex (Alexander), 1841-1929  Search this
Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer)  Search this
Maynard, Hannah, 1834-1918  Search this
Maynard, Richard, 1832-1907  Search this
McIntyre, A. C. (Alexander Carson)  Search this
Meddaugh, J. E.  Search this
Mellen, Geo. E. (George Egbert), b. 1854  Search this
Mepham, Michael S.  Search this
Mitchell, Daniel S.  Search this
Morrow, Stanley J.  Search this
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904  Search this
Newcomb, C. H.  Search this
Nims, F.A.  Search this
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882  Search this
Palmer, A. A.  Search this
Parker, Joseph C.  Search this
Pierron, Geo. (George), b. 1816  Search this
Pollock, Charles, 1832-1910  Search this
Powers, F. F.  Search this
Raitt, T.G.  Search this
Randall, A. Frank  Search this
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920  Search this
Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)  Search this
Rodocker, D. (David)  Search this
Rothrock, George H.  Search this
Rudy, W. Ira  Search this
Russell, Andrew J.  Search this
Rutter, Thomas H., 1837-1925  Search this
Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909  Search this
Seaver, C. (Charles)  Search this
Sedgwick, S. J. (Stephen James)  Search this
Shipler, James William, 1849-1937  Search this
Soule, John P.  Search this
Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917  Search this
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912  Search this
Thorne, G.W.  Search this
Thurlow, J., 1831-1878  Search this
Towne, Bertram C.  Search this
Trager, George E.  Search this
Upton, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)  Search this
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916  Search this
Weitfle, Charles, 1836-1921  Search this
Wendt, Julius M.  Search this
Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886  Search this
Williscraft, W.H.  Search this
Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this
Woodburn, J. R.  Search this
Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909  Search this
Publisher:
Beal's Gallery  Search this
Continent Stereoscopic Company  Search this
Florida Club (Cooperative)  Search this
Union View Company (Rochester, New York)  Search this
Webster & Albee (Rochester, N.Y.)  Search this
Smith, O. C.  Search this
Extent:
67 Lantern slides
26 Negatives (photographic) (glass)
10 Negatives (photographic) (nitrate)
6 Autochromes (photographs)
50 Stereographs (circa 50 printed stereographs, halftone and color halftone)
1,000 Stereographs (circa, albumen and silver gelatin (some tinted))
239 Prints (circa 239 mounted and unmounted prints, albumen (including cartes de visite, imperial cards, cabinet cards, and one tinted print) and silver gelatin (some modern copies))
96 Prints (Album :, silver gelatin)
21 Postcards (silver gelatin, collotype, color halftone, and halftone)
Culture:
Puyallup  Search this
Kumeyaay (Diegueño)  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this
Kalispel (Pend d'Oreilles)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Taos Indians  Search this
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)  Search this
Kickapoo  Search this
Laguna Indians  Search this
Pueblo  Search this
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Havasupai (Coconino)  Search this
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Isleta Pueblo  Search this
Mojave (Mohave)  Search this
Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this
Piipaash (Maricopa)  Search this
Iroquois  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Modoc  Search this
A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this
Washo Indians  Search this
A'aninin (Gros Ventre)  Search this
Tonkawa  Search this
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Yavapai  Search this
Ute  Search this
Sauk  Search this
Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Bannock  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Cochiti Pueblo  Search this
Omaha  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Choctaw  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Eskimos  Search this
Northwest Coast  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this
Sahnish (Arikara)  Search this
Tlingit  Search this
Haida  Search this
Cree  Search this
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this
Acoma Pueblo  Search this
Quapaw Indians  Search this
Osage  Search this
Apache  Search this
Kaw (Kansa)  Search this
Umatilla  Search this
Shawnee  Search this
Fox  Search this
Pomo  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Paiute  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Potawatomi  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Lantern slides
Negatives (photographic)
Autochromes (photographs)
Stereographs
Prints
Postcards
Place:
Custer Battlefield (Montana)
Date:
circa 1860-1935
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs relating to Native Americans or frontier themes, including portraits, expedition photographs, landscapes, and other images of dwellings, transportation, totem poles, ceremonies, infants and children in cradleboards, camps and towns, hunting and fishing, wild west shows, food preparation, funeral customs, the US Army and army posts, cliff dwellings, and grave mounds and excavations. The collection also includes images of prisoners at Fort Marion in 1875, Sioux Indians involved in the Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota, the Fort Laramie Peace Commission of 1868, Sitting Bull and his followers after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890.

There are studio portraits of well-known Native Americans, including American Horse, Big Bow, Four Bears, Iron Bull, Ouray, Red Cloud, Red Dog, Red Shirt, Sitting Bull, Spotted Tail, Three Bears, and Two Guns White Calf. Depicted delegations include a Sauk and Fox meeting in Washington, DC, with Lewis V. Bogy and Charles E. Mix in 1867; Kiowas and Cheyennes at the White House in 1863; and Dakotas and Crows who visited President Warren G. Harding in 1921. Images of schools show Worcester Academy in Vinita, Oklahoma; Chilocco Indian School; Carlisle Indian Industrial School; Haskell Instittue, and Albuquerque Indian School.

Some photographs relate to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876; World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893; Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, 1903; and Centennial Exposition of the Baltimore and Ohio Railraod, 1876. Expedition photographs show the Crook expedition of 1876, the Sanderson expedition to the Custer Battlefield in 1877, the Wheeler Survey of the 1870s, Powell's surveys of the Rocky Mountain region during the 1860s and 1870s, and the Hayden Surveys.

Outstanding single views include the party of Zuni group led to the sea by Frank Hamilton Cushing; Episcopal Church Rectory and School Building, Yankton Agency; Matilda Coxe Stevenson and a companion taking a photographs of a Zuni ceremony; John Moran sketching at Acoma; Ben H. Gurnsey's studio with Indian patrons; Quapaw Mission; baptism of a group of Paiutes at Coeur d'Alene Mission; court-martial commission involved in the trial of Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds, 1877; President Harding at Sitka, Alaska; Walter Hough at Hopi in 1902; and Mrs. Jesse Walter Fewkes at Hopi in 1897.
Biographical/Historical note:
George V. Allen was an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas and an early member of the National Stereoscope Association. Between the 1950s and 1980s, Allen made an extensive collection of photographs of the American West, mostly in stereographs, but also including cartes-de-visite and other styles of mounted prints, photogravures, lantern slides, autochromes, and glass negatives.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 90-1
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Camps  Search this
Child care  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Totem poles  Search this
Cookery  Search this
Wild west shows  Search this
Fishing  Search this
Hunting  Search this
Transportation  Search this
Dwellings  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Funeral rites and ceremonies  Search this
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.90-1
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George V. Allen photograph collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c6f12a20-b859-4219-a567-b2b3246a66be
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-90-1
Online Media:

Mambila and Fulani people

Series Photographer:
Schneider, Gilbert, 1920-1999  Search this
Schneider, Evan G., (1949 - )  Search this
Series Creator:
Schneider, Mildred, (1920 - 2016)  Search this
Mbeng, Johnson  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (Box 8, Silent, 16 mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
General:
Contains scenes of a Fulani ceremony which included whipping and dancing and women watching in the crowd, Mambila people dancing, and scenary on the Mambila plateau.
Restrictions:
Items are unavailable for use prior to digitization.
Series Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject ot all copyright laws.
Topic:
Fulani  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Mambila (African people)  Search this
Dancing -- Africa  Search this
Horses  Search this
Landscapes  Search this
See more items in:
Evan G. Schneider Collection
Evan G. Schneider Collection / Film
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7916dce2e-a746-41df-b56c-d12d0cc9647f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2020-004-ref12

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