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Creator:
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this
Extent:
12 Prints (silver gelatin)
Culture:
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Date:
circa 1890s
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs of drawings depicting kachinas, which may have been collected for Jesse Walter Fewkes' papers on Hopi and Tusayan kachinas.
Biographical/Historical note:
Naturalist, anthropologist, and archeologist Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850‐1930) served as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1918 until his death in 1928. Fewkes received a Ph.D. in marine zoology from Harvard in 1877, and was curator of lower invertebrates at the Museum of Comparative Zoology until 1887. He developed an interest in the culture and history of Pueblo communities while on a collecting trip in the western United States. In 1891, Fewkes became director of the Hemenway Southwestern Archeological Expedition and editor of the Journal of American Archeology and Ethnology. In 1895 he embarked on various archeological explorations for the Bureau of American Ethnology, during which he conducted excavations in the Southwest, the West Indies, and Florida.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 134D
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Kachinas  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 134D, Photographs of drawings of kachinas, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.134D
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b45a44fb-fdb0-4e16-8ba5-852c8adea5c3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-134d