Photographs of artifacts from the Wilkes Expedition
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 73-50
name: label: Collector
content: United States National Museum., Dept. of Anthropology.
label: Collector
content: Goward, Gustavus
label: Photographer
content: Lindt, J. W. (John William), 1845-1926
place: label: Place
content: Solomon Islands
label: Place
content: Fiji
label: Place
content: Hawaii
label: Place
content: New Guinea
label: Place
content: Samoa
label: Place
content: Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
label: Place
content: New Caledonia.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The second USS Albatross, a United States Fish Commission steamer, embarked on expeditions in the South and Central Pacific in the 1880s and 1890s. On one of these expeditions, the Smithsonianʹs Department of Anthropology sent photographs of material in its Oceanic collection for additional information gathering, probably including the photographs in this collection.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 38 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880-1890
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by or through Dr. Saul Riesenberg, 1973.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.73-50
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting artifacts collected and peoples encountered during the Wilkes Expedition, also known as the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. They include images of clubs, axes, spears, sennit rolls, paddles and canoes, a drum, clothing, and people from Fiji, Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Samoa, and the Solomon Islands. Many of the photographs are notated with the artifacts' probable origins. The photographs were possibly made by the Department of Anthropology, and John William Lindt, with some collected by Gustavus Goward.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs from the Wilkes Expedition, collected by Goward, can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 97.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Lindt photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 8 and Photo Lot 97.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Reports and documents from the Wilkes Expedition can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 382524, MS 7441, MS 7439, MS 7235, and records of the Department of Anthropology.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Artifacts and specimens collected by the Wilkes Expedition can be found in various departments of the National Museum of Natural History in accessions 66A00050, 1150, 48933, and 74A00057.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Manuscripts and records relating to the USS Albatross can be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in the Bureau of Fisheries records (SIA RU007184) and Frederick M. Chamberlain's papers (SIA RU007258).