Drawing of Inuit activities
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 87818

NAA INV 08528500

OPPS NEG 79-1045
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown
label: Collector
content: Bean, Tarleton H. (Tarleton Hoffman), 1846-1916
place: label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Arctic regions
creator: label: Artist
content: Unknown
label: Collector
content: Bean, Tarleton H. (Tarleton Hoffman), 1846-1916
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo/Inuit
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846-1916) was an American ichthyologist.  He was curator of the Department of Fisheries, United States National Museum, from 1880 to 1895; director of the New York Aquarium from 1895 to 1898; and state fish culturist from 1906 until his death. He was assistant in charge of the division of fish culture, United States Fish Commission, 1892–1895; and acting curator of fishes, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1897.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (graphite, 8 x 10 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 87734 / 87817 / 87818, Folder 3
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The provenance of the collection is unclear.  A handwritten note on the back of the drawing by Robert Elder (Department of Anthropology Processing Lab) states "Pencil sketches sent by Mrs. A.H Binyon, 225 Kings Highway, Westport, Conn. Collected by Capt. Binyon in Alaska."  Caroline Van Hook Bean Binyon was the daughter of Tarleton Bean.  It is unlikely that the drawing was collected by her husband, Algernon Hamo Binyon, an electrical engineer.  The drawing was probably collected by her father during a research trip to Alaska.  Caroline Binyon donated other ethnological material collected by her father in Alaska to the United States National Museum.  There are no USNM accession or catalog numbers associated with the drawing.

The drawing was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS87818
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one (1) drawing depicting Inuit activities with captions and explanations in English and an unidentified language.  The drawing depicts bird trapping, facial markings, and two forms of games.  They drawings are labeled with page numbers, and were possibly meant to illustrate a vocabulary.

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.