MAI Central American Expedition in El Salvador
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- Collection Creator
- Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965
- Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
- Culture
- Lenca
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- Samuel K. Lothrop photograph collection
- Extent
- 251 Negatives (photographic)
- 2 Photographic prints
- Date
- 1924 January-May
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.001.010, Series 3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Photographic prints
- Collection Citation
- Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Samuel K. Lothrop photograph collection, NMAI.AC.001.010. National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website. There are photographs in this collection that are restricted due to cultural sensitivity.
- Scope and Contents
- This series includes photographs from the "S.K. Lothrop Central American Expedition" between January and May 1924. The majority of the photographs were made in El Salvador, though a small amount were taken in Guatemala. The photographs in EL Salvador include photographs of volcanos, archaeological sites, antiquities, landscape views, villages, and native peoples, such as the Lenca, engaged in pottery and rope making, food preparation, house building, and ceremonial activities.
- Catalog Numbers
- N09139-N09389, P06179-P06180
- Community Narratives
- A photograph consultation was conducted in January 2024 with members of the Maya-Lenca community including Chief Leonel Antonio Chevez, Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra, Roberto Monge, and Antonio Quintanilla. Community narratives have been added to the relevant photographs based on this engagement.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
- Related Materials
- Field notes from this expedition are located at the Peabody Archives, Samuel K. Lothrop papers collection #996-20, Box 9 folder 1. These notes are referenced throughout this series. https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/6/resources/4764
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- Record ID
- ebl-1681848301628-1681848301871-1