Photographic prints
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Abbott, William Louis, 1860-1936
label: Collection Creator
content: Hough, Walter, 1859-1935
label: Collection Photographer
content: Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944
label: Collection Creator
content: Kloss, Charles Boden
label: Collection Creator
content: Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908
setName: label: See more items in
content: William Louis Abbott collection
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0228, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged alphabetically by region, people, and locality.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The majority of these photographs were taken by Abbott, although a few are by
Henry Cushier Raven from the Borneo expeditions funded by Abbott, and some were
probably taken by Cecil Boden Kloss. Many are labeled on the back by Abbott, or
mounted on paper and labeled by Mason. A few folders also contain Abbott's written
remarks about the photographs, in which he elaborates on the subjects of certain prints
and related customs.

Abbott took many portraits of natives with only a plain backdrop for physical
anthropology purposes. These photographs provide information primarily on facial
features, although some show native dress as well. In addition, these are supplemented
by village scenes showing streets, dwellings, and surroundings. Most are marked with
Abbott's negative numbers, some of which refer to the glass negatives in the negative file
described below. Some also include a five-digit Smithsonian negative number indicating
negatives stored in the Institution's Office of Printing and Photographic Services.

Raven's photographs, while far fewer, tend to portray native peoples in natural
settings, going about daily activities. All are labeled on the back. Raven's negatives
have not been located.

Many prints are duplicated in the same or other folders.