William F. Webb photographs of Zanzibar doors
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 2003-22, USNM ACC 364373
name: label: Donor
content: Webb, William F.
label: Photographer?
content: Webb, William F.
place: label: Place
content: Zanzibar
topic: label: Topic
content: Doors
creator: label: Donor
content: Webb, William F.
label: Photographer?
content: Webb, William F.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Zanzibar carved wooden doors depicted in this collection were purchased by William J. Bushwaller, then American Vice Counsel in Nairobi, Kenya, on the behalf of Evan P. Wright of Salt Lake City, Utah, who had spent over two decades living in Africa between 1930 and 1973.  Bushwaller bought the doors, which were probably made in the 19th century, in 1948 from the Zanzibar Curio Shop in Nairobi.  According to the owner of the curio shop, the doors had been purchased from an Arab in Zanzibar in 1945.  Starting in 1974, Wright loaned the doors to the National Museum of Natural History, where they were exhibited in the Africa Hall.  In 1978, he sold the doors to William Webb, who continued to lend the doors until 1991, when they were officially donated to the museum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Color prints
label: Extent
content: 18 Color negatives (acetate, 35 mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1975
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by William F. Webb to the Department of Anthropology in accession 364373, 1991. Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by Susan Crawford, 2003.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.2003-22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color prints
label: Type
content: Color negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of a set of carved wooden doors from Zanzibar, which were loaned to the National Museum of Natural History by Evan P. Wright and later donated by William F. Webb. The collection includes images of the doors on exhibit at the museum and copies of photographs of other doors that were possibly also part of the exhibit.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The doors depicted in these photographs are held in the anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural history in accession 364373.