Cuna Indian Women and Children
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Creator: Pittier, Henri
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: circa 1910-1911
Citation: "Completion of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone," Explorations Organized or Participated in by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910 and 1911, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 59, No. 11, p. 16, figure 15
Cuna Indian women and children from Urgandi, Coast of San Blas, Panama.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
From 1910 to 1912, the Smithsonian participated in the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, field work designed to document the natural history of the Canal Zone prior to construction of the Panama Canal. Professor Henri Pittier from the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, was a member of the field-party and took this picture.
"Completion of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone," Explorations Organized or Participated in by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910 and 1911, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 59, No. 11, p. 16, figure 15
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
circa 1910-1911
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SIA2010-0002 or 97-60
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 2.75w x 3.25h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print