Gerald Cannon Hickey photographs of Montagnard peoples in South Vietnam
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 73-34
name: label: Creator
content: Hickey, Gerald Cannon, 1925-2010
topic: label: Topic
content: Crossbows
label: Topic
content: Hoes
label: Topic
content: Baskets
label: Topic
content: Dwellings
label: Topic
content: Shamans
creator: label: Creator
content: Hickey, Gerald Cannon, 1925-2010
culture: label: Culture
content: Jarai (Southeast Asian people)
label: Culture
content: Rhade (Vietnamese people)
label: Culture
content: Montagnards (Vietnamese people)
label: Culture
content: Stieng (Southeast Asian people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Gerald Cannon Hickey (1925-2010) was an anthropologist who worked in Southeast Asia, primarily Vietnam. From 1956 through 1973, he conducted ethnographic research in Vietnam; during the 1960s his research was sponsored by the Rand Corporation. He built ties with many of the tribes of South Vietnam and wrote several books on the people living in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960-1969
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Gerald Cannon Hickey, 1973.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.73-34
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
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Letter from Hickey describing photos is available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting Montagnard people utilizing items such as baskets, axes, hoes, and crossbows, as well as interiors and exteriors of dwellings. They include one image of the King of Fire, a Jarai shaman.

The photographs are a sample submitted to illustrate the use of artifacts which Hickey also donated to the Smithsonian. In a letter describing the photographs, Hickey noted that "with most of them [photographs], however, the ethnic group does not match the ethnic origin of the item [donated artifact] but the use of them is nonetheless the same." Included in the collection are pictures showing the use of a large crossbow, hoes, and baskets. Ethnic groups depicted are Jarai, Jeh, and Stieng.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds additional Gerrald Canon Hickey papers and photographs, in ACC 2011-33.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: These photographs were donated in connection with artifacts donated to the Department of Anthropology, accession 304150.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Other artifacts donated by Gerald Cannon Hickey can be found in the Department of Anthropology, accession 309097.