Lumholtz, Carl, 1851-1922
Dates
- Existence: 1851-04-23 - 1922-05-05
Abstract
Carl Lumholtz was a Norwegian explorer, naturalist and ethnographer. He was born near Lillehammer, Norway in 1851 and died in 1922 in Saranac, New York. Starting in 1880, the Museum of Natural History at the University of Christiania (Oslo) sponsored his first expedition with the goal of collecting botanical and zoological specimens. This took him to Queensland, Australia where acquaintance with native people broadened his interests to include ethnography, leading eventually to his Mexican expeditions. In 1909 and 1910 he led an expedition in southern Arizona and the far north of Mexico. In 1914-1916 he conducted his last expedition, in Borneo. Lumholtz led four expeditions sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History to the northwest of Mexico from 1890 to 1898.
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Carl Lumholtz
63 negatives and 3 glass negatives pertaining to Dr. Lumholtz's Expedition through Central Borneo.
Carl Lumholtz photographic slide collection: Northern Mexican Huichol Indian Art, 1996
Studio photographs of Northern Mexican Indian artifacts taken by John Lilly. Artifacts from the AMNH Department of Anthropology collection. Objects refer to two publications: Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume III: I-Symbolism of the Huichol Indians (by Carl Lumholtz, May 1900) and Arte Symbolico (AMNH Memoirs by the Instituto Nacional Indigenista).
Phyllis La Farge research materials on Carl Lumholtz images
Material compiled by Phyllis LaFarge related to her publications on the Carl Lumholtz image collections and a proposed photographic exhibit.
Carl Lumholtz unidentified Southwest US or Mexican anthropological field photographs
Field photograph of Southwest US or Mexico.
Lumholtz face paintings photographic slides, undated
Slides of face painting designs collected by Carl Lumholtz.
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American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192