David Dunn Thomas photograph collection relating to Tahiti
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 81J, USNM ACC 277609
name: label: Collector
content: Thomas, David Dunn
label: Names
content: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815 (original artist)
label: Photographer
content: Gauthier, Lucien, 1875-1971
place: label: Place
content: Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)
creator: label: Collector
content: Thomas, David Dunn
culture: label: Culture
content: Tahitians
label: Culture
content: Marquesans
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (lithograph)
label: Extent
content: 1 Print (probably platinum)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Photographs were originally part of a collection of artifacts given to the Department of Anthropology by David Dunn Thomas as the Henry Collection, in memory of John William Henry and Henry Bonnell Thomas, (accession 277609).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.81J
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Collection includes a L. Gauthier portrait of a tattooed Marquesan chief holding a paddle, as well as a reproduction of Francesco Bartolozzi's engraving, "The Cession of the District of Matavai in the Island of Otaheite to Captain James Wilson for the Use of the Missionaries," a representation of the meeting between Tahitians and Europeans.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Artifacts donated to the National Museum of Natural History by David Dunn Thomas are held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 277609.