Iroquois Farmers & Statesmen, North American Archeology Exhibit, National Museum of Natural History

ID: MNH-1024 or MNH102

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1962

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 10

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Summary

An exhibit of Iroquois farmers and statesmen. The exhibit case contains pipe pieces, pottery and other items made by the Iroquois of New York State, who were highly successful corn growers and skilled potters and pipemakers. The exhibit is on display in the North American Archeology Exhibit, which opened in November 1962, in the National Museum of Natural History.

Subject

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 10

Contact information

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

Date

1962

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Archaeology
  • Hall of North American Archeology (Exhibition)
  • Historians
  • Pottery
  • Exhibitions
  • Agriculture
  • Pipes
  • Indians of North America
  • Iroquois Indians
  • New York (State)

Place

New York (State)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-1024 or MNH102

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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