MS 7464 Louis Guesde drawings of Carib stone tools
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7464
NAA MS 7484
USNM Accession 29775
label: Variant Titles
content: Antiquités Caraïbes. Collection L. Guesde. 

Carib stone tools

Carib stone implements
name: label: Creator
content: Guesde, Louis, 1844-1924
place: label: Place
content: Caribbean Area
label: Place
content: Guadeloupe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Stone implements
creator: label: Creator
content: Guesde, Louis, 1844-1924
culture: label: Culture
content: Island Carib (archaeological)
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content: MS 7464 Louis Guesde drawings of Carib stone tools
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Louis Athanase Mathieu Guesde was born in Hamacao, Puerto Rico in 1844.  He spent his youth in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, and studied in Paris from 1856 to 1867.  He returned to Guadelupe to work in the Ministry of Finance and later as secretary of the Chamber of Agriculture. He was an amateur archaeologist and illustrator, who assembled a large collection of Carib stone tools and produced lifelike illustrations of his collection.  Guesde died in 1924.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Volumes (1 album containing 20 watercolor drawings and 1 reprint)
label: Extent
content: 68 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor on paper, approximately 11 x 15  inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The set of 68 drawings was received in the Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum (USNM) in 1880.  The album was also sent to USNM in 1880, but was lost at customs in Philadelphia. It was not received until 1895 (Accession 29775).  The drawings appear to have been matted or framed at one time, and they may have been hung in the archaeology hall in the Smithsonian Institution Building (see Anthropological exhibit in U. S. National Museum, circa 1902, Bureau of American Ethnology Negatives, negative 4811).  They were 
transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives (date unknown).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7464
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Watercolors
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: In 2022, the Louis Guesde drawings previously described under MS 7464 and MS 7484 were reprocessed.  MS 7464 (the album and reprint) and MS 7484 (the set of 68 drawings) were consolidated under MS 7464.  The record for MS 7484 was deleted.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of drawings of stone tools collected by Louis Guesde in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe and related materials.  The collection includes a set of 68 watercolors on paper, an album of 20 watercolors, and a copy of an article by Otis T. Mason.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Musee du Quai Branly holds a collection of illustrations by Guesde.

The Department of Anthropology holds objects collected by Guesde under Accession Numbers 15848, 17654, and 35724.