Toba Indians in Argentina During Wetmore's Field Work
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Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: July 23, 1920
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 170, Album: I "Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay - 1920"
Photograph of four unidentified Toba Indians, two men and two boys, holding fishing equipment at Las Palmas in Chaco, Argentina. Open fields are visible behind them. This photograph was taken by Alexander Wetmore, noted ornithologist and sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1944-1952, while conducting field work for the United States Bureau of Biological Survey throughout the islands of the Caribbean and various Latin American countries.
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Historic Images of the Smithsonian
There are a variety of pictures from Wetmore's field work in Latin America at this SIA location.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Box 170, Album: I "Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay - 1920"
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July 23, 1920
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SIA2012-0850 or Wetmore #1355
Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 3h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print