Whitney Halstead collection of photographs of indigenous art
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 89-43
name: label: Creator
content: Halstead, Whitney (collector and photographer)
label: Names
content: British Museum
label: Names
content: Field Museum of Natural History
label: Names
content: Laboratory of Anthropology (Museum of New Mexico)
label: Names
content: Nampeyo, ca. 1856-1942
label: Names
content: Pushruk, Anthony Eskimo
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Navaho

Iroquois

San Ildefonso
place: label: Place
content: Benin (Kingdom)
topic: label: Topic
content: Pottery
label: Topic
content: Kachinas
label: Topic
content: Camps
label: Topic
content: Australian Aborigines
label: Topic
content: Cliff-dwellings
label: Topic
content: Sculpture
label: Topic
content: Baskets
label: Topic
content: Masks
label: Topic
content: Spinning
label: Topic
content: Dwellings
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Creator
content: Halstead, Whitney (collector and photographer)
culture: label: Culture
content: Peruvians
label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: Eskimos
label: Culture
content: Wichita
label: Culture
content: Seneca
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: Inunaina (Arapaho)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
label: Culture
content: Tewa Pueblos
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Subarctic
label: Culture
content: Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Arctic peoples
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Whitney Halstead (1926-1979) was an art historian and artist. He acquired his BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he became Chairman of the Division of Fine Arts in 1967. He also worked as an assistant in the Field Museum's anthropology department and wrote art history publications.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 27 Negatives (photographic) (acetate)
label: Extent
content: 140 Prints (silver gelatin (including proof sheets of contact prints))
label: Extent
content: 1 Print (albumen)
label: Extent
content: 11 Copy prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Transferred from the Archives of American Art, 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.89-43
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Copy prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs documenting pottery and pottery designs from historic Pueblo groups and archeological sites, including pottery by Hopi potter Nampeyo and an image of Maria Martinez of San Ildefonso and examples of her pottery.  There are also some photographs that depict a pueblo, Southwest landscapes, cliff dwellings, rock art, craftspeople, and dwellings, mostly relating to Southwest peoples, Peruvians, and Australian aborigines.  The collection includes images of artifacts in the collections of the Chicago Natural History Museum, Field Museum, British Museum, University of Illinois, Santa Fe Laboratory of Anthropology, and Paul Pearson collection.  Notes and notices relating to publication are also available with the collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Archives of American Art holds Whitney Halstead's papers.