Department of Anthropology photographs of busts in the Biological Anthropology collection
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 88-25
label: Former Title
content: Referred to as Photo Lot 95-38 in Guide to the National Anthropological Archives (1996)
label: Local Notes
content: Prints were made from the negatives; in some cases there are duplicate prints.
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
topic: label: Topic
content: Museum techniques
label: Topic
content: anthropometry
label: Topic
content: Physical anthropology
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Biological Anthropology collection holds thousands of face molds and busts, which represent ethnic groups from around the world. Molds were often made by William H. Egbert and busts were sculpted by A. Joseph Andrews. Many of the busts were commissioned by Ales Hrdlicka, a curator in the Department of Anthropology, and the living masks include well-known Native Americans who lived in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 350 Negatives (photographic) (circa, nitrate)
label: Extent
content: 350 Prints (circa, silver gelatin and contact prints)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Possibly donated by Dwight Schmidt as Ales Hrdlicka material, 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.88-25
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs of busts and, in the case of infants, head and body casts made by A. Joseph Andrews. Generally, images consist of front, rear, and two side views. The busts show American white infants, females, males; NAtive American males and females; African American males and females; and a pygmy male. The persons are identified by name and age and included with the collection are lists by William H. Egbert, preparator of the Anthropology Laboratory, with additional details.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs used to make busts in the collection can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the Ales Hrdlicka Papers and Photo Lot 9.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs of finished busts can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 8.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Department of Anthropology holds 3,000 face molds and busts, including many of those pictured.