Arctic Region Life Group, Anthropology Exhibit, U.S. National Museum

Summary

Anthropology Exhibit in the United States National Museum building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, of an "Arctic Region" life group. There are five individuals gathered around a sled with several sled dogs. In the foreground of the case there is a dead seal that one of the individuals has just trapped.

Subject

• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• United States National Museum
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The original negative number is 24875, but that negative has been lost. This life group was moved to a more modern display in negative number MNH-035. This life group is still on exhibit today (6/22/1999).

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1915

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Sled dogs
• Historians
• Anthropology
• Exhibitions
• Ethnology
• Seals (Animals)
• Indians of North America
• Eskimos

Form/Genre

• Cyanotype
• Exhibit

ID Number

2002-10659

Physical description

Color: Cyanotype; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Cyanotype

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