Museum of Natural History - Hall of the Cultures of Africa and Asia (Hall 7), Iron Working in Africa Diorama

ID: SIA Acc. 16-126 [MNH-130A]

Creator: Scott, Jack

Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives

Date: 1964

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 16-126, Box 01, Image No. MNH-130A

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Summary

1964 United States National Museum annual report description: "Portraying the smelting of iron ore in primitive furnaces and the fashioning of iron tools by tribesmen from the Mandara Mountain region of northern Cameroon."

Subject

  • Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
  • Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Anthropology

Notes

  • Requested by Gordon Gibson, Divison of Cultural Anthropology, Department of Anthropology.
  • Updated as part of the Exhibits Modernization Program.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 16-126, Box 01, Image No. MNH-130A

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1964
  • August 31, 1964

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Topic

  • Exhibitions
  • Ethnology
  • Anthropology
  • Museums
  • Museum exhibits
  • Dioramas

Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 16-126 [MNH-130A]

Physical description

4 x 5;

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