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Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Photographic slides of the Herbert Lang collection of African objects, 1997.

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Identifier: PSC 582
Abstract

Studio photographs of African objects from Herbert Lang's collection of African objects in the AMNH Department of Anthropology. Artifacts from the Belgian Congo including ivory objects, figurines, gourds, barkcloths and calabash.

Dates: 1997
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Photographic slides of the Herbert Lang collection of African objects, 1997.

Preparation Molds for Exhibits

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Identifier: Mem 306
Scope and Contents Molds for exhibits were created and used to prepare the models that compose the exhibits of the American Museum of Natural history, approximately from 1889 to the 1990s, first by the science departments and then by the Department of Exhibition and its different iterations. Models were meant to reproduce existing and extinct animal specimens, humans and cultural artifacts, insects and plant life. The types of mold that can be found in this grouping provide insight on the methods employed to...
Dates: Usage: circa 1889-1990s
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Preparation Molds for Exhibits

Robert Suggs Marquesas Expedition photographic slide collection, 1956, 1957.

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Identifier: PSC 614
Abstract

Field photographs from the Robert Suggs collection in the AMNH Department of Anthropology. Includes general shots of Tahiti and Tuamotu Islands and Marquesas Islands; umu making for "kaikai" Bastille Day (Taiohae, Nukuhira); petroglyphs, carving, and masonry (Marquesas); Fort Keatanui, burials.

Dates: 1956, 1957
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Robert Suggs Marquesas Expedition photographic slide collection, 1956, 1957.

Seminole Indian artifacts photographic slides, circa 1990-1991.

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Identifier: PSC56
Abstract

Seminole Indian artifact images taken by David M. Blackard. Artifacts include clothing, tools, utensils and accessories.

Dates: circa 1990-1991
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Seminole Indian artifacts photographic slides, circa 1990-1991.

Shippee-Johnson Peruvian Expedition aerial nitrate negative collection, 1931-1999

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Identifier: NNC .S551
Scope and Contents The collection consists of approximately 3600 black-and-white nitrate negatives housed in 23 boxes. Of these, 2470 are aerial photographs, most of them oblique views photographed through the open window of the plane; 546 are vertical views shot through a mount in the belly of the plane, on five uncut 10-inch wide film rolls. The remaining 1128 images are ethnographic images taken on the ground. In addition to the nitrates, photographic prints, interpositives and safety film copies exist for...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1931 - 1999
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Shippee-Johnson Peruvian Expedition aerial nitrate negative collection, 1931-1999

Tibetan Tankas Pantheon of 300 Deities photographic slides, 1971.

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Identifier: PSC 70
Scope and Contents

Pantheon of 300 deities. Slides of Tibetan tankas in the AMNH Dept. of Anthropology collection (Cat. no. 70.2/8377 A,B,C).

Dates: 1971
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Tibetan Tankas Pantheon of 300 Deities photographic slides, 1971.

Tibetan Tankas photographic slides, circa 1970s-1980s.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 65
Abstract

Slides of Tibetan tankas in the AMNH Dept. of Anthropology collection. Most slides indicate the name of the diety.

Dates: circa 1970s-1980s
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Tibetan Tankas photographic slides, circa 1970s-1980s.
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