Prehistoric Archaeology Exhibit in the Castle
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CloseID: SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2962]
Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
Form/Genre: Glass negatives
Date: 1880
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 006, Image No. MAH-2962
Prehistoric Archaeology exhibit in Upper Main Hall (above Great Hall) of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, showing ethnological and archeological specimens. An immense painted Tsimshian housefront, acquired from the Northwest Coastal Indians for display at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876, is visible on the west wall at the back of the room. Numerous busts populate the tops of exhibit cases. Spears and bows and arrows from various tribes are decoratively grouped in patterns on the walls.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 006, Image No. MAH-2962
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Glass negatives
SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2962]
8 x 10;