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Avenues and Roads

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
6 Photographic prints
Container:
Photo-folder 66
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
[From the Original 1927 Catalog] There are but few vestiges of the many roads and avenues that once existed both within and without the city of Chan Chan. Of the few that do remain photographs have been obtained. Here are vestiges of a broad avenue that once ran along the northwestern side of the city. However the only part which has been preserved is that which runs from the church of San Jose towards north-northeast and that includes the walls which guard it. This avenue reaches the furthest beyond the stone work of the city being extended by a road which runs in a straight line across the plain bein lost only in the broken ground near the Rio Seco (dry river). It has been the belief that this road ran as far as the hacienda of the Chicam valley (called Sausal). Another road lined with ramparts of adobe and stone respectively cut the aforementioned avenue at right angles and ran in the direction of the Rio Seco through the fields now called Valdivia which are cultivated by the present day huanchaqueros. In the same plain are the vestiges of other roads, remains of canals and even traces of foundation dwellings.
P08824-P08829
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv42f10bfd8-1e80-4c0e-ba40-720482721e77
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref525

Aerial Shots: Trujillo and Chan Chan

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
13 Photographic prints
Container:
Photo-folder 8
Photo-folder 9
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1925-1926
Scope and Contents:
P08287-P08294, P08307, P08331-P08333, P08335-P08336
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 3: General Chan Chan Photographs
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv413687eed-f717-4081-bf6d-e653954a9ad8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref536

General Chan Chan Photographs

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
77 Photographic prints
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Date:
1925-1926
Scope and Contents:
Series 3: General Chan Chan Photographs, 1925-1926, includes 77 photographic prints made in and around Chan Chan. These include aerial shots of Trujillo, general views of Chan Chan, views of the Huaca of the Sun and Moon, Huaca de Misa, Huaca Esperanza and Huaca Toledo. There are also several photographs that were shot in Cuzco. Also included are object photographs, many of them likely taken of Peruvian objects (Chimu and Moche) that were a part of the American Museum of Natural History collection.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.114, Series 3
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4bc197e96-3ea1-4629-9a08-a2b44e2ec341
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref504

Mansiche Group

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
11 Photographic prints
1 Copy negative
Container:
Photo-folder 27
Photo-folder 28
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
P08625-P08635, N21143
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv423429d22-9736-498e-9b02-bb2dfd2dfdf8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref507

Bandelier Group

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
7 Photographic prints
4 Copy negatives
Container:
Photo-folder 38
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
[From the Original 1927 Catalog] Situated at 400 meters in the direction of the sea from the point where Trujillo-Huanchaco road enters Chan Chan. These interesting ruins are well preserved. This group is divided into two sections and each of these is subdivided into many others. The entire group is surrounded by an enormous rectangular wall. A modern road, now abandoned, which leads from the town of Huaman to Huanchaco cuts through it. The Tomb of Toledo is some 200 meters east-south-east of it.
P08682-P08688, N36279-N36281, N36289
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv443a7c224-9fb4-4ba6-bfff-1275d4110347
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref514

Tschudi Group (Annex and Adjacent Works)

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
22 Photographic prints
2 Copy negatives
Container:
Photo-folder 44
Photo-folder 45
Photo-folder 46
Photo-folder 47
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
[From the Original 1927 Catalog] This group situated in the line of buildings which are closest to the seas, is, as one is able to see by the panoramic view, located between the Rivero and Chaiuak groups. The former to the northwest and the latter to the east by southeast. It is in the form of a square. It is less extensive than that of Uhle and is surrounded by a high wall. It has no walled subdivisions such as are found in the Uhle group. The archaeologist Tschudi who studied it and left a plan of it worked in conjunction with Rivero. It has many interesting works, as may be seen in the photographs. The principal ones are: a walled square containing many huge chambers which traditionally at least, has received the name of "The Prisons"; a very deep well; a gallery with decorated walls and a series of buildings with walls decorated with lozenges and broken squares. The work immediately adjoining it is also sufficiently complicated for at the outer angle of the square is located a stone work with a foundation amply made of slag rocks. The exterior view of the entire group was taken from the southern angle of the Cabildo group. The northeast and northwest walls of the outer enclosure are visible. In the foreground are the remains of some of the common houses, according to the beliefs of the archaeologists.
P08715-P08736, N36295-N36296
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv483a07ddc-0cc8-4d14-8b72-05c353b45bd6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref517

Necropolis

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
2 Photographic prints
1 Copy negative
Container:
Photo-folder 62
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
[From the Original 1927 Catalog] On all sides there are necropolises in Chan Chan: Within and without the fortified places. But the most extensive of these are found between the dividing lines of the ravine which opens on the sea and first of the walled enclosures which mark the Chaiwak [Chaiuak, Tschudi, Rivero and Cabildo groups.
P08806-P08807, N36314
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4e93f4a4a-1ff8-41b7-9889-4f0372f3ea72
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref522

Chan Chan: Gran Chimu

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
5 Photographic prints
Container:
Photo-folder 12
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1925-1926
Scope and Contents:
P08306, P08308-P08309, P08313-P08314
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 3: General Chan Chan Photographs
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4ee1385a7-765b-48f1-b229-ba1fdcb2d2a7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref539

Photographs Illustrating "Chan-Chan: Capital of the Great Chimu"

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
34 Photographic prints
Container:
Photo-folder 19
Photo-folder 20
Photo-folder 21
Photo-folder 22
Photo-folder 23
Photo-folder 24
Photo-folder 25
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1925-1926
Scope and Contents:
This series includes photographic prints used to illustrate Otto Holstein's 1927 article "Chan-Chan: Capital of the Great Chimu" published in the American Geographical Society's Geographical Review, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan., 1927). The photographs include: Aerial shots of the ruins of Chan Chan; General views of Chan Chan including house ruins, walls of buildings, streets and fortifications; Before and after shots of the damage caused by the 1925 rains; Close-up shots of friezes and wall reliefs in Chan Chan; Temples of the Sun and Moon (Huaca del Sol y de la luna), including mural paintings; and examples of Chimu pottery and copper work from the collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Some of these same images can be found in Series 1 and Series 3. None of the aerial shots or AMNH object photography were made by Holstein. There is only one shot in this series that was not used in the publication (P08545).
Photographic prints have catalog numbers P08516-P08549.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.114, Series 2
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv44efc8293-8565-4066-a09e-edf34f95e68b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref503

El Dean (The Dean Group)

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
5 Photographic prints
Container:
Photo-folder 29
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
[From the Original 1927 Catalog] This group which ought to form a part of Chan Chan proper, is today located in the cultivated fields of the town of El Cortijo—In front of the Dean—about 400 meters distant from the Chaiwak [Chaiuak] Group. It is an accumulation of mounds and ruined walls.
P08636-P08640
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv42d613483-ceb1-4e56-b73d-64ef7fee0620
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref508

O'Donovan Group

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
7 Photographic prints
1 Copy negative
Container:
Photo-folder 34
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
[From the Original 1927 Catalog] This group is formed by a series of walled enclosures and the remains of both large and small buildings in good state of preservation. Here is also found decorated courts. The principal building is on the southeast. Traditionally this building is called the Convent of the Nuns or of the Niches. In the new nomenclature of the place it is given the name O'Donovan in honor of Mr. Henry O'Donovan a Trujillan gentleman who attempted some archaeological studies some 25 years ago and traced out a sectional plan of Chan Chan.
P08658-P08664, N36272
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Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4bfdc7286-a0ff-4981-ac73-44c57641fd4b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref511

El Mampuesto

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
2 Photographic prints
Container:
Photo-folder 72
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
[From the Original 1927 Catalog] (Partial) El Mampuesto (The Rubble Heap) is a high and broad wall, trapezoidal in form, constructed of stone and earth in the small valley into which empties the river called Quebrada de Leon, which carries water only filled by the exceptional torrential rains which fall in rare seasons in that region. "The Rubble Heap" resembles an "S" in shape and stretches out to some length running from the base of Goat Hill to the northwest until it reaches the little hill called El Presdio which lies to the southeast[…]
P08857-P08858
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4bf6fa40a-4f9b-4d0f-92f0-13f870059e21
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref529

Tombs

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
5 Photographic prints
Container:
Photo-folder 26
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
Tombs include the Tomb of Yamocyoguan (Toledo-Peje Chico), the Tomb of the Shells, Bishop's Tomb and the Fogotten Tomb.
P08620-P08624
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv47c64555b-2d1e-477e-9265-c8dc9781ca21
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref506

Modern Views

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
5 Photographic prints
3 Copy negatives
Container:
Photo-folder 76
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
P08874-P08878, N20075, N20080, N36324
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4f0062c23-651d-4cc3-84c3-14c2bc7719aa
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref532

Aerial Shots: Temple of the Moon and Sun

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
6 Photographic prints
Container:
Photo-folder 10
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1925-1926
Scope and Contents:
P08295-P08296, P08300-P08302, P08336
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 3: General Chan Chan Photographs
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4502f4d9d-8df6-4164-bdea-9f712e242f4a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref537

Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru

Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Former owner:
American Geographical Society  Search this
Names:
Tello, Julio C. (Julio César), 1880-1947  Search this
Extent:
425 Photographic prints
68 Copy negatives
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Place:
Peru -- Chan Chan
Trujillo (Peru) -- Archeology
Date:
1925-1926
Summary:
Photographic prints and copy negatives made by Major Otto Holstein in and around the ruins of Chan Chan, Peru between 1925 and 1926. Some of these photographs were later used by Holstein to illustrate his article publication "Chan-Chan: Capital of the Great Chimu" in the American Geographical Society's publication Geographical Review.
Scope and Contents:
This collection includes photographic prints and copy negatives made and collected by Major Otto Holstein of sites around Trujillo, Peru between 1925 and 1926. The photographs are predominantly of the ruins of Chan Chan and surrounding Chimu and Moche archaeological sites. Series 1: Before the 1925 rains, were taken previous to the torrential rains of March 1925 when much erosion occurred. It is unclear whether or not these photographs were shot by Holstein. Series 2: Photographs Illustrating "Chan-Chan: Capital of the Great Chimu," includes 34 photographic prints that were used in the American Geographical Society's 1927 publication. Series 3: General Chan Chan Photographs, 1925-1926, includes 77 photographic prints made in and around Chan Chan. These include aerial shots of Trujillo, general views of Chan Chan, views of the Huaca of the Sun and Moon, Huaca de Misa, Huaca Esperanza and Huaca Toledo. There are also several photographs that were shot in Cuzco. Also included are object photographs, many of them likely taken of Peruvian objects (Chimu and Moche) that were a part of the American Museum of Natural History collection.

The majority of the photographs in this collection are in Series 4: Study of Chan Chan, 1926, which includes 277 photographic prints and 67 copy negatives. These were made by Holstein during a 1926 study of Chan Chan, likely in the fall of that year. It is likely this study was done in conjunction with Dr. Julio C. Tello, Director of the Peruvian Archaeological Museum. These photographs are accompanied by a detailed catalog, written in 1927, which describe the various groups and sites photographed during the study. In addition to photographs at Chan Chan there are also photographs of nearby sites in Huanchaco, El Mampuesto, Pesqueda and at the Huacas of the Sun and Moon.
Arrangement:
Arranged into four series based on how they arrived at the Museum of the American Indian and were cataloged. Series 1: Before the 1925 rains, circa 1925; Series 2: Photographs Illustrating "Chan-Chan: Capital of the Great Chimu," 1925-1926; Series 3: General Chan Chan Photographs, 1925-1926; Series 4: Study of Chan Chan, 1926.
Biographical / Historical:
Otto Holstein was born in 1883 in Lexington, Kentucky. He later joined the United States Army where he attained the rank of Major and served in the Philippines, China, and Mexico, as well as taking part in World War I. Between 1922 and 1927 Holstein worked for the Northern Peru Mining and Smelting Company and was living in Trujillo, Peru in 1925 during a season of torrential rains which caused many archaeological materials at nearby pre-Incan sites, such as Chan Chan, to become unearthed. Holstein collected and sold many of these items both to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation and the American Museum of Natural History. In October of 1926, Holstein formed the "Archaeological Society of Trujillo" and served as its first president. During this time, he worked with other anthropologists and archaeologists to make plans of Chan Chan and other nearby sites in Trujillo. In 1927, the Geographical Review, the publication for the American Geographical Society published his article "Chan-Chan: Capital of the Great Chimu." He also was a member with the Explorers Club. Holstein died in New York City in 1934.
Related Materials:
The Harvard Peabody Museum has a collection of Otto Holstein glass plate negatives from Chan Chan, Peru which appear to contain the same images.
Separated Materials:
A catalog of the photographs and object lists from Holstein can be found in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation records (NMAI.AC.001), Box 297, Folder 24 and 25.
Provenance:
Gifts of Otto Holstein and the American Geographical Society arriving in five different accession lots between 1926 and 1927.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. 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.
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.114
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv472c12d8f-c81c-4319-a37c-32aa90f4be0c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-114
Online Media:

Study of Chan Chan

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
277 Photographic prints
67 Copy negatives
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
Series 4: Study of Chan Chan, 1926, includes 277 photographic prints and 67 copy negatives. These were made by Holstein during a 1926 study of Chan Chan, likely in the fall of that year. It is likely this study was done in conjunction with Dr. Julio C. Tello, Director of the Peruvian Archaeological Museum. These photographs are accompanied by a detailed catalog, written in 1927, which describe the various groups and sites photographed during the study. In addition to photographs at Chan Chan there are also photographs of nearby sites in Huanchaco, El Mampuesto, Pesqueda and at the Huacas of the Sun and Moon.

The descriptions of the groups and sites are from Otto Holstein's original catalogue of the photographs from 1927. This original catalog can be found in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation records, Box 297, Folder 25. It is indicated when the descriptions of the various groups come from this original catalog.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.114, Series 4
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4549cbd7c-8751-4f45-94d1-bac98fbb0740
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref505

Tello Group

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
11 Photographic prints
2 Copy negatives
Container:
Photo-folder 56
Photo-folder 57
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
[From the Original 1927 Catalog] Here is a series of constructions grouped together bearing the name of the first Peruvian archaeologist, Julio C. Tello, located in that vast territory bounded by the Trujillo-Huanchaco road on the northeast and the Tschudi and Rivero groups on the southwest: the Bandelier and Uhle groups on the southeast and the Cabildo and Velarde groups on the northwest. The general aspect is one of ruined walls, mall mounds, wells, rubbish heaps in all directions, cemeteries, remains of ordinary habitations, etc. Near the eastern angle of the Cabildo group remains a small building in good state of preservations.
P08776-P08786, N20078, N36309
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4739b38ae-950b-4cab-87d8-2a66a45ec4dd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref520

Peruvian Object Photographs: Mostly Jars

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
13 Photographic prints
Container:
Photo-folder 80
Photo-folder 81
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1925-1926
Scope and Contents:
P09051-P09063
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 3: General Chan Chan Photographs
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv44e88b161-5ed0-4395-8630-0c67d0576c4b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref544

Chaiuak Group

Collection Creator:
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934  Search this
Extent:
4 Photographic prints
4 Copy negatives
Container:
Photo-folder 43
Culture:
Chimú (archaeological culture)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
[From the Original 1927 Catalog] This group is one of the less complicated ones. It occupies but half or less than half of the area covered by the Uhle group. It is located southwest of the latter and the southeast of Tschudi which is separated from it by a narrow passageway only 15 meters wide. It contains an interesting tomb which is surrounded by small works and ancient "yapas" (gardens).
P08711-P08714, N36291-N36294
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru / Series 4: Study of Chan Chan
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv49c040733-eeea-4074-95bc-d097d477204e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-114-ref516

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