Robert E. Kuntz photographs of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Middle East
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 2003-25
label: Reproduction Note
content: Modern prints made from original negatives by Smithsonian Institution, 1987.
name: label: Creator
content: Kuntz, Robert E.
place: label: Place
content: Taiwan
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content: Egypt
label: Place
content: Turkey
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content: Hong Kong (China)
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content: Borneo
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content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Kenya
label: Place
content: Libya
label: Place
content: Pakistan
label: Place
content: Sudan
label: Place
content: Baʻlabakk (Lebanon)
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content: India
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content: Thailand
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content: Philippines
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content: Yemen
label: Place
content: Vietnam
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content: Korea
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content: Damascus (Syria)
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content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: Festivals
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content: Rites and ceremonies
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content: Agriculture
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content: Markets
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content: Art
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content: Architecture
creator: label: Creator
content: Kuntz, Robert E.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Dr. Robert E. Kuntz (1916-2003) was a parasitologist for the U.S. Navy and the Southwest Research Foundation.  After earning his MS in zoology from Oklahoma University and Ph.D. in parasitology from the University of Michigan, he joined the United States Navy in 1943.  He was a parasitologist and medical entomologist with the Naval Medical Research Institute and then Chairman of the department of parasitology at the Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, a position that brought him into contact with groups in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.  In 1964, Kuntz retired from the Navy as a captain.  He wrote hundreds of publications and his photographs have been reproduced in textbooks, National Geographic Magazine, and other publications.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2168 Negatives (photographic) (circa, acetate)
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content: 548 Prints
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content: 78 Color slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1949-1966
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Robert E. Kuntz, 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.2003-25
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Negatives (photographic)
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content: Prints
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content: Color slides
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content: Photographs
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content: Color slides
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content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory for the color slides available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by Robert E. Kuntz documenting people and the natural and built environments that he encountered during his world travels.  Locations depicted include Asia (Taiwan, India, Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Japan), the Middle East (Pakistan, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and Yemen), Africa (Sudan, Libya, Kenya, and Nigeria), and Oceania (Borneo and the Philippines).  Images of Taiwan include street scenes of Taipei, festivals and ceremonies (including celebrations of 10-10 Day, Buddha's birthday, and Lantern Festival), temples, villages and agriculture, boats and harbors, artwork and shrines, carving, construction, markets, bridges, and a cemetery.  The collection also includes images of the Acropolis of Athens, the Taj Mahal and other structures in India, historical structures and the harbor in Istanbul, markets and vendors in west Pakistan, and Wat Benchamabophit and Wat Arun in Thailand, ancient structures in Baʻlabakk (Lebanon), St. Catherine's Monastery (Sinai) and a parade and ceremonies in Egypt.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Kuntz's field notes are held in the Smithsonian Institutuion Archives in the Field Book Project, SIA Acc. 12-254.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Taiwanese fish skins collected by Kuntz held in the anthropology collections of the NAtional Museum of Natural History, accession 231999.