Collection of Justo Armas

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Collection Creator: Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965; Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

See more items in: Samuel K. Lothrop photograph collection; Samuel K. Lothrop photograph collection / Series 3: MAI Central American Expedition in El Salvador / San Salvador: Collection of Justo Armas

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.

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Scope and Contents: Bottom view of a footed ceramic bowl, from circa AD 600-1000, in the collection of Justo Armas of San Salvador, El Salvador. This bowl was later purchased from Armas in 1926 by Lothrop and is now in the NMAI archaeology collection with catalog number 149775.000. See N09309-N09316 for full group.

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Samuel K. Lothrop photograph collection

Creator

Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965

Summary

The Samuel K. Lothrop photograph collection primarily contains negatives, photographic prints, and lantern slides made by Lothrop while employed by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation from 1924-1930. Lothrop was an archaeologist and photographer who extensively traveled and worked throughout Central America and South America and led expeditions on behalf of the MAI to Argentina, Chi...