Photographs of opening of "Inua" exhibit
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 83-29
name: label: Collector
content: Fitzhugh, William W., 1943-
label: Names
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) -- Exhibitions.
label: Photographer
content: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
label: Photographer
content: Chambers, Moreau Browne Congleton
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Alaskan Eskimo
topic: label: Topic
content: Eskimo dance
creator: label: Collector
content: Fitzhugh, William W., 1943-
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimos
label: Culture
content: Arctic peoples
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The "Inua: Spirit World of the Bering Sea Eskimo" exhibit, which opened in June 1982 at the National Museum of Natural History, was organized by William W. Fitzhugh and Susan Kaplan and made use of the Edward William Nelson collection of arctic materials. Moreau Chambers, a visitor to the exhibit opening, was a former field crew member of Henry Bascom Collins's 1931 expedition to Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Prints (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 7 Color prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by William Fitzhugh shortly after obtaining them from Moreau Chambers and Office of Printing and Photographic Services, 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.83-29
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Color prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs documenting a reception following the opening of the "Inua" exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History.  They include images of performers, Smithsonian staff and visitors viewing the new exhibit and socializing. There are also images of Eskimo dancers from Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, who formed a part of the exhibit.  Color prints were made by Moreau Browne Congleton Chambers, while the black and white prints were made by Smithsonian photographers.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds a picture of William Fitzhugh and Susan Kaplan with parts of the Edward William Nelson Collection (SIA 2003-19575).
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Correspondence and writings from Moreau Chambers can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4173, MS 7406, MS 7525, the Cooperative Ethnological Investigations file, Frank Maryl Setzler's papers, and Henry Bascom Collins's papers.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs of arctic Natives by Edward William Nelson can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24 and the BAE historical negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Nelson's collection of Arctic Native material culture can be found in the Department of Anthropology.