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27. Ethnology, Department of [1], 1913 - 1921

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Scope and Contents

Principal respondent: Culin, Stewart. Correspondence and reports from and regarding expeditions. Correspondence regarding African exhibition; Avery bust; Haslett bequest; Japanese Fukusa and dolls; W.F. Woodworth collection, Indian relics; H.B. Marx, Tibetan collection; gift of Zuni materials to Swedish National Museum; panels painted by Alice Culin; installation of Avery collection; lecture course, Arts and Customs of Japan; Aitken collection. Correspondence regarding objects, including Greco-Buddhist reliefs from Oldman; African and Zuni watercolors, Culin collection; Higgenson batiks; Samuel Avery textiles; Avery cloisonne and Chinese bronzes; Herman Stutzer donations; I.P. Metaxa, Russian costumes and textiles; Institute medal; W.L. Metcalf and N.F. Farny, Zuni paintings; Prunaire collection of prints.

Dates

  • 1913 - 1921

Creator

Extent

From the Series: 15.416 Linear Feet (37 document boxes (DB))

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Brooklyn Museum Archives Repository

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