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Salt Dish (Shape number 3286, Decoration number 3574)

Manufacturer:
Schramberg Majolica Factory, Germany, 1820 – 1989  Search this
Designer:
Eva Zeisel, American, born Hungary, 1906–2011  Search this
Medium:
earthenware
Dimensions:
H x diam.: 2.2 x 7.4 cm (7/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Type:
ceramics
Decorative Arts
salt dish
Object Name:
salt dish
Manufactured in:
Württemberg, Germany
Date:
1928–30
Credit Line:
Gift of Victor Wiener
Accession Number:
1996-18-29
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4dcc3cf66-39d6-4b37-a1df-c3b702660b31
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1996-18-29
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Tibetan Foodways

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2020-04-15T00:27:02.000Z
YouTube Category:
People & Blogs  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_omuPddS0jvM

Lost But Not Forgotten

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National Museum of the American Indian  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2016-04-14T19:53:13.000Z
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Education  Search this
Topic:
Native Americans;American Indians  Search this
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National Museum of the American Indian
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edanmdm:yt_k5QQzEOXlo8

Bringing It Home 03: Jacob Butler

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National Museum of the American Indian  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2014-12-11T19:55:26.000Z
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Education  Search this
Topic:
Native Americans;American Indians  Search this
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National Museum of the American Indian
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edanmdm:yt_xXGf1aM02VI

Africa wo/man palava the Nigerian novel by women Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi

Author:
Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 353 pages 24 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1996
20th century
Topic:
Nigerian fiction (English)--Women authors--History and criticism  Search this
Women and literature  Search this
Women in literature  Search this
Nigerian fiction (English)--History and criticism  Search this
Femmes et littérature  Search this
Femmes dans la littérature  Search this
Écrits de femmes nigérians--Histoire et critique  Search this
Roman nigérian (anglais)--Histoire et critique  Search this
Nigerian fiction (English)  Search this
Englisch  Search this
Frauenroman  Search this
Romanschriftstellerin  Search this
English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153927

You Won't Believe the Size of Botswana's Salt Flats

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Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
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2018-04-17T15:30:00.000Z
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Smithsonian Channel
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edanmdm:yt_-A8AtobOdjo

The Dazzling Marine Life of the Salt Pier in Bonaire

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Smithsonian Channel  Search this
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2019-06-13T15:30:01.000Z
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Smithsonian Channel
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Oklahoma's Strangest Scenery

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Smithsonian Channel  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2012-11-07T15:39:08.000Z
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Entertainment  Search this
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Smithsonian Channel
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edanmdm:yt_A8MxGbyDc8o

This Salt Lick Doubles as a Reunion Spot for Elephants

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Smithsonian Channel  Search this
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2020-04-04T15:30:02.000Z
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edanmdm:yt_LlH6OGhiDGU

What Makes Great Salt Lake So Great?

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2014-10-03T04:00:02.000Z
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Entertainment  Search this
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Smithsonian Channel
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Where the Nazis Hid $3.5 Billion of Stolen Art

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Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2015-10-09T04:00:00.000Z
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Smithsonian Channel
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Chladni Plate

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2012-05-08T17:34:32.000Z
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Education  Search this
Topic:
American History  Search this
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National Museum of American History
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SmithsonianAmHistory
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_etc8GCY4gnI

Floating and Sinking– How is Salt Water Different from Fresh Water?

Creator:
Smithsonian Science Education Center  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2015-09-21T18:28:05.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Education;Science  Search this
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Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Giant Clams Debut at the Invertebrate Exhibit

Creator:
National Zoo  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2011-05-03T14:43:00.000Z
YouTube Category:
Pets & Animals  Search this
Topic:
Zoology;Animals;Veterinary medicine;Animal health  Search this
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Data Source:
National Zoo
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SmithsonianNZP
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edanmdm:yt_Cbsay97RzqY

K. & M. Effervescent Bromo Caffeine

Maker:
Keasbey & Mattison Company  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (packaging material)
glass (overall material)
cork (lid material)
paper (inside material)
Measurements:
overall: 3 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 4.1275 cm
Object Name:
otc preparation
Other Terms:
Patent Medicines; Drugs
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Ambler
United States: Illinois, Chicago
United States: New York, New York City
Date made:
after 1920 before 1938
Subject:
Nerve & Brain Drugs  Search this
ID Number:
1978.0883.011.A
Accession number:
1978.0883
Catalog number:
1978.0883.011.A
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Balm of America
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-3bc6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_719074
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Portraits of anthropologists

Depicted:
American Association for the Advancement of Science  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
United States De Soto Expedition Commission  Search this
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this
Bond, Q. M.  Search this
Cammerer, Arno B.  Search this
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this
Davis, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton), 1811-1888  Search this
Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957  Search this
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895  Search this
Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982  Search this
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Geary, James A.  Search this
Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896  Search this
Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896  Search this
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930  Search this
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this
Judd, Neil Merton, 1887-1976  Search this
Knez, Eugene I. (Eugene Irving), 1916-2010  Search this
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960  Search this
Le Plongeon, Augustus, 1826-1908  Search this
Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
McGee, W J, 1853-1912  Search this
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942  Search this
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881  Search this
Pilling, James Constantine, 1846-1895  Search this
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902  Search this
Rink, Signe  Search this
Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966  Search this
Royce, Charles C., 1845-1923  Search this
Stephenson, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd), 1919-  Search this
Stevenson, James, 1840-1888  Search this
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915  Search this
Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972  Search this
Struever, Stuart  Search this
Swan, James G., 1818-1900  Search this
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Upham, E. P. (Edwin Porter), 1845-1918  Search this
Washburn, Wilcomb E.  Search this
Willey, Gordon R. (Gordon Randolph), 1913-2002  Search this
Photographer:
Bachrach & Brother  Search this
Blackstone Studios  Search this
National Geographic Society (U.S.)  Search this
Bailey, Vernon Orlando  Search this
Dana (of New York)  Search this
Garrett, Gene  Search this
Gilbert, C. W.  Search this
Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940  Search this
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this
Kemethy, Kets  Search this
Koby, Paul  Search this
McDonough, David  Search this
Parker, Charles  Search this
Phillips, H. C.  Search this
Rice (of Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Shuck, J. A.  Search this
Names:
Geological Survey (U.S.)  Search this
Artist:
Nicholson, Grace, -1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (photogravure)
8 Prints (halftone (including one newspaper clipping))
124 Prints (circa, silver gelatin, albumen, and platinum)
50 Copy prints (circa)
3 copper printing plates
1 Color print
1 Print (wood engraving)
3 Copy negatives (glass)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Copy prints
Color prints
Copy negatives
Photographs
Date:
circa 1860s-1970
Scope and Contents note:
This collection is an artificial collection of photographs, copper plates, and a few notes, all of which depict or relate to anthropologists, many of which were associated with the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Included are portraits of Franz Boas, Q. M. Bond, Arno B. Cammerer, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Edwin Hamilton Davis, J. Woodbridge Davis, Frances Densmore, James Owen Dorsey, Philip Drucker, Jesse Walter Fewkes (including photographs of his home by Frances Densmore), Albert Samuel Gatschet, James A. Geary, De Lancey W. Gill, George Brown Goode, Horatio Hale, Henry Wetherbee Henshaw, John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt, John K. Hillers, William Henry Holmes, William Henry Jackson, Eugene Irving Knez, Alfred Louis Kroeber, Pere Albert Lacomb, Augustus Le Plongeon, James Mooney, Lewis Henry Morgan, Carl Oschsicanes, James Constantine Pilling, John Wesley Powell, Frau Signe Rink, Frank Harold Hanna Roberts, Jr., Charles C. Royce, Robert Lloyd Stephenson, James Stevenson, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Julian Haynes Steward, Steward Struever, James Gilchrist Swan, John Reed Swanton, Edwin P. Upham, Wilcomb E. Washburn, and Gordon Randolph Willey. Groups depicted include the staff of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1936; the De Soto Commission; officers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1885; a 1920 expedition group to Hawikuk; staff of the Great Lakes Division, United States Geological Survey, in Salt Lake City, 1882; a group at Moundville, Alabama, 1932; the University of Nebraska archeological field party, 1920; the Pecos conference, 1927; John Wesley Powell with Wild Hank, Kentucky Mountain Bill, and Jesus Aloiso; and the United States Geological Survey staff, ca. 1894.

Among photographers represented are Vernon Orlando Bailey, Blackston Studios of New York, Dana of New York, Frances Densmore, Gene Garrett, C. W. Gilbert, De Lancey W. Gill, John K. Hillers, William H. Jackson, Kets Kemethy, Paul Koby, David McDonough, H. C. Phillips, Rice of Washington, D. C., and J. A. Shuck of El Reno, Oklahoma.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 33
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Four photographs with negatives by Matilda Coxe Stevenson have been relocated to Photo Lot 23.
This collection includes photographs that have been removed from other collections in the National Anthropological Archives, including MS 4970, MS 4851, MS 4780, MS 4250, MS 4751, MS 4516, MS 4860, MS 4695, MS 4970, and MS 4558.
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Portraits of anthropologists, 1860s-1960s
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Copy prints of original photographs held by the American Philosophical Society, National Geographic Society, and National Archives cannot be copied. Copies may be obtained from these repositories.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 33, Portraits of anthropologists, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.33
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Portraits of anthropologists
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw315fa853c-2f6b-4db6-9f01-be3010ee1f93
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-33
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Lacock Abbey from the woodyard

Maker:
Talbot, William Henry Fox  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 16.8 cm x 21 cm; 6 5/8 in x 8 9/32 in
Object Name:
salt print
Place made:
United Kingdom: England, Laycock
Date made:
1840-05-03
ID Number:
1995.0206.070
Accession number:
1995.0206
Catalog number:
1995.0206.070
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Photographic History
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-b8f9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1869247

George Leslie Stout interview excerpt

Creator:
Archives of American Art  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Podcast
MIME Type:
audio/mpeg
Uploaded:
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 07:00:41 -0500
Topic:
Art  Search this
American  Search this
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Oral History Collection from the Archives of American Art
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Archives of American Art
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edanmdm:podcasts_0c8699ae328a6c7f2de1b3e3c3f1f2cf

Walker Hancock interview excerpt

Creator:
Archives of American Art  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Conversations and talks
Podcast
MIME Type:
audio/mpeg
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Fri, 22 Nov 2013 07:00:00 -0500
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Art  Search this
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Oral History Collection from the Archives of American Art
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Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:podcasts_abc2fcc634f70ef4c4ea52774a353d51

Thomas Carr Howe interview excerpt

Creator:
Archives of American Art  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Conversations and talks
Podcast
MIME Type:
audio/mpeg
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Topic:
Art  Search this
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Oral History Collection from the Archives of American Art
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edanmdm:podcasts_fd00324f29ffa1853033b072c2d23b0d

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