"Polar Eskimo" Exhibit, National Museum of Natural History
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1957
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 8
Anthropology Exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History of a life group from the Arctic Region entitled "Polar Eskimo, the Northernmost People of the World." It forms part of the "Native Peoples of the Americas" exhibit. 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. The exhibit opened in 1957.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
There is a photo of this case in an earlier Anthropology Exhibit Hall in Negative # 24875.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 8
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1957
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MNH-035 or MNH035
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print