Auguste Genin photographs of Mexican natural history collections
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 86-25B
name: label: Creator
content: Génin, Auguste, 1862-1931
place: label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Nayarit (Mexico)
topic: label: Topic
content: Entomology
label: Topic
content: Mollusks
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Numismatics
label: Topic
content: Paleontology
label: Topic
content: Musical instruments
label: Topic
content: Music -- Mexico
creator: label: Creator
content: Génin, Auguste, 1862-1931
culture: label: Culture
content: Mexicans
label: Culture
content: Aztec (archaeological culture)
label: Culture
content: Rarámuri (Tarahumara)
label: Culture
content: Wixarika (Huichol)
label: Culture
content: Matlatzinca
label: Culture
content: Zapotec
label: Culture
content: Indians of Mexico
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Auguste Genin (1862-1931) was a a Franco-Mexican writer, poet, photographer, ethnologist. He was a resident of Mexico and director of the Mexican National Company of Dynamite and Explosives.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 37 Gelatin silver prints ((1 Album))
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The album was probably donated by Auguste Genin to the United States National Museum, circa 1920 or 1941, and cataloged in the Smithsonian Institution Office Library. It was probably transferred from the library to the National Anthropological Archives, circa 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.86-25B
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Photographs published in Auguste Genin, "Notes on the Dances, Music, and Songs of the Ancient and Modern Mexicans," Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1920.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs relating to a Mexican natural history collection, including archeological, ethnographic, physical, entomological, ornithological, conchological, and paleontological collections. The photographs are mounted in an album entitled "Collections de Auguste Genin," where they are divided according to discipline and have accompanying typewritten descriptions by Genin.  There are images of Huichol peoples; a diorite yoke from Jalapa; Aztec, Zapotec, Matlatlzinca, Huichol, and Tarahumara arms, tools, urns, vases, and idols; statuettes from Nayarit and statuettes of musicians and musical instruments; a wooden instrument from Hidalgo; ancient and modern musical instruments; terra cotta Spanish objects; coins and medals; skulls from Guerrero and the Valley of Mexico; a shell collection; and mastodon bones.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Digital surrogates for most of the photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4523, a duplicate album sent to the Bureau of American Ethnology.