MS 7294 Hester Merwin Carib Indian drawings
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7294
name: label: Creator
content: Ayers, Hester Merwin, 1902-1975
topic: label: Topic
content: Works of art
creator: label: Creator
content: Ayers, Hester Merwin, 1902-1975
culture: label: Culture
content: Kalinago (Carib/Kalina) [Dominica]
label: Culture
content: Carib Indians
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Salybia is the administrative center of the Carib Territory, a 3700 acre district in Dominica which was established in 1903 for the descendants of the indigenous Carib people who inhabited Dominica prior to European colonization and settlement.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Items (color drawings , 13 x 18 inches to 18 x 21 inches.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7294
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Portraits
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Portraits
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains 10 color portrait drawings, undertaken circa 1940 by artist Hester Merwin Ayers, depicting Carib Indians in Salybia, Dominica. Subjects include men and women.