Frederick Starr collection of William L. Koehne photographs of Indigenous peoples of Mexico
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 123
name: label: Collector
content: Starr, Frederick, 1859-1933
label: Photographer
content: Koehne, William L.
creator: label: Collector
content: Starr, Frederick, 1859-1933
culture: label: Culture
content: Chol Maya
label: Culture
content: Chontal (Chontol)
label: Culture
content: Chinantec
label: Culture
content: Chocholtec (Chocho)
label: Culture
content: Ikood (Huave)
label: Culture
content: Mayas
label: Culture
content: Cuicatec Indians
label: Culture
content: Huastec
label: Culture
content: Tepehuán (Tepehuan)
label: Culture
content: Purepecha (Tarasco)
label: Culture
content: Totonac (Totonaco)
label: Culture
content: Nahua
label: Culture
content: Aztec (archaeological culture)
label: Culture
content: Otomí (Otomi)
label: Culture
content: Mixtec
label: Culture
content: Zoque
label: Culture
content: Indians of Mexico
label: Culture
content: Tzotzil Maya
label: Culture
content: Zapotec
label: Culture
content: Triqui (Trique Choco)
label: Culture
content: Tzeltal Maya
label: Culture
content: Mixe
label: Culture
content: Mazatec [Huautla]
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Frederick Starr (1858-1933) was an anthropologist and academic who worked as curator at the American Museum of Natural History and professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago.  During his professiorship, Starr hired professional photographer and studio owner William L. Koehne to make the studio portraits for his 1902 book, Physical Characters of Indians of Southern Mexico.  Additionally, Starr made several field studies in Mexico and commissioned field photographs and plaster busts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 60 Platinum prints (mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1890-1902
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.123
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Platinum prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Published in Frederick Starr, Physical Characters of Indians of Southern Mexico, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1902.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Folder list is available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Front and profile studio portraits of Indigenous peoples of Mexico, representing Aztec, Chinantec, Chocho, Chol, Chontal, Cuicatec, Huastec, Huave, Maya, Mazatec, Mixe, Mixtec, Otomi, Tarascan, Tepehua, Tlaxcalan, Totonac, Trique, Tzental, Tzotzil, Zapotec, Zapotec Tehuartepec, and Zoque tribes. The photographs were made by William L. Koehne of Chicago for publication in Frederick Starr's book, Physical Characters of Indians of Southern Mexico.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs collected by Cyrus Thomas, Robert T. Hill, Edward W. Nelson, and Edgar L. Hewitt have been relocated to Photo Lot 169, Photo Lot 170, Photo Lot 171, and Photo Lot 172, respectively.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds the Frederick Starr negatives and lanterns slides, 1894-1910.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Correspondence from Starr held in the National Anthropological Archives is in MS 4558, MS 4821, and the Bureau of American Ethnology records.