Video of A:shiwi (Zuni) Ahayu:da Repatriation Ceremony
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1990.9.1
name: label: Names
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Zuni (N.M.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Cultural property
label: Topic
content: Sacred objects
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from T. J. Ferguson in 1990.
culture: label: Culture
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Videocassettes (VHS) (30 minutes, color sound, 1/2 inch VHS)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1987
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Smithsonian Institution War Gods Repatriation 1990."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1990.09
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (vhs)
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Video recording of former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Robert Adams, returning A:shiwi (Zuni) Ahayu:da to the Zuni tribe. Ceremony was held at the School of the American Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Also recorded is the inauguration of the Governor of Zuni and Tribal Council in the plaza.

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