Artists, Events and Other Topics

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See more items in: Helga Teiwes photograph collection; Helga Teiwes photograph collection / Series 4: Hopi

Extent: 7 Transparencies (color, 6x6cm); 32 Photographic prints; 201 Slides (photographs); 174 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 6x6cm); 16 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm); 26 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35mm)

Type: Archival materials; Transparencies; Photographic prints; Slides (photographs); Negatives (photographic)

Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Helga Teiwes Photograph Collection, Box and Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Please contact the NMAI Archive Center (NMAIArchives@si.edu) regarding the use of this collection, donor restrictions apply.

Scope and Contents: This subseries (Subseries 4.4) includes photographs of other Hopi artists, events and miscellaneous topics. There are a small amount of photographs of Kastina doll makers since Teiwes spent a significant amount of time working with Hopi katsina doll makers for her book Kachina Dolls: The Art of Hopi Carvers. The majority of these photographs are located at the Arizona State Museum and not a part of this collection. Other artists in this series include Charles Loloma and potters Karen Abeita, Karen Charley and Rosetta Huma. Of particular note are the photographs from Maechel Saufkie's wedding in July, 1995. There are also landscape photographs from the First, Second and Antelope Mesas. The photographs range all types including black and white and color negatives as well as slides and transparencies.

Collection Restrictions: Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

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Helga Teiwes photograph collection

Photographer

Teiwes, Helga

Summary

The Helga Teiwes photograph collection contains over 7,000 negatives, slides and prints made by Teiwes between 1965 and 2002. For over thirty years Teiwes worked as a staff photographer for the Arizona State Museum, photographing and documenting Native American communities across the American Southwest. During this time, Teiwes also privately took photographs and built personal relationships among...