Photographs of Smithsonian Institution anthropology exhibits at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 82-31
name: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution
label: Names
content: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. exhibit designer
label: Names
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
place: label: Place
content: Xochicalco Site (Mexico)
topic: label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Mayas -- Antiquities
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content: Decorative arts
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content: Symbolism
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content: Exhibitions
creator: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: Mayas
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
label: Culture
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America
label: Culture
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Indians of Mexico
label: Culture
content: Indians of the West Indies
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The National Museum's Department of Anthropology and the Bureau of American Ethnology exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition were highly integrated, and both were designed by then chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology and former head curator of the Department of Anthropology, William Henry Holmes. The exhibits were intended to illustrate "the culture of the Native American peoples as shown in their arts and industries." The exhibit featured examples of architecture, sculpture, ceramics, metal work, water craft, musical instruments, pipes, and ceremonial objects and included models of Aztec ruins based on plans by De Lancey W. Gill.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 31 Gelatin silver prints (mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1904
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Photographs found in the Smithsonian Institution library in the National Museum of Natural History. Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives in 1982.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.82-31
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
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content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of United States National Museum anthropological exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also called the St. Louis World's Fair.  Images of the Department of Anthropology's exhibits include those of photographs and models of Mayan and Mesoamerican temples; antiquities from Mexico, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies; and American Indian, Mexican, and Mesoamerican sculptures, ceramics, tools, textiles, masks, and baskets.  Photographs also document the Bureau of American Ethnology's exhibits, including "symbolic art," drawings and paintings on artifacts from tribes of the New Southwest, Plains, and Northwest Coast. The collection also includes a photograph of carved designs on a structure at Xochicales, possibly used in the exhibition or as part of its design.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Papers, photographs, and records relating to exhibitions at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4689, MS 7571, MS 7208, Photo Lot 24, and Bureau of American Ethnology Letters Received 1888-1906.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds Exposition Records of the Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum, 1867-1940 (SIA RU000070) as well as photographs of the exhibits.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 107, Photo Lot 89-8, and Photo Lot 90-1.