Keith V. Bletzer photographs of Guaymi peoples and industry
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 89-11, NAA ACC 89-55, USNM ACC 364391
name: label: Creator
content: Bletzer, Keith V.
place: label: Place
content: Panama
topic: label: Topic
content: Termites
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content: Harvesting
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content: Coconut
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content: Boats and boating
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content: Dwellings
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content: Fishing
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content: Industries
creator: label: Creator
content: Bletzer, Keith V.
culture: label: Culture
content: Ngäbe (Guaymi)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Keith V. Bletzer is a medical anthropologist and, since 2018, an adjunct faculty instructor at Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ. He conducted research among the Guaymi of Cusapin, Panama, as part of his 1988 dissertation for Michigan State University, "Social origins of folk illness among Ngawbere of the northern Valiente Peninsula: The Case of Chakore and Ha Ko Botika." His project was funded by the Smithsonian Institution and by the Panamanian Museum of Man, both of which received specimens from the area.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 49 Prints (silver gelatin)
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content: 13 Color prints
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content: 1 Copy negative
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1983
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Keith Bletzer to the National Museum of Natural History in 1985 as part of accession 364391. Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives in 1989.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.89-11
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Prints
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content: Color prints
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content: Copy negatives
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content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by Keith V. Bletzer on the Valiente Peninsula in Panama documenting Guaymi peoples and their culture. They include images of Guaymi people, coconut harvesting, preparation of medicines, houses and house construction, boat building, and a fishing trip.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Guaymi artifacts collected by Bletzer can be found in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 364391.