Star gods of the ancient Americas
Scope and content
Photocopy mock up, with publishing annotations and edits, of a catalog for the Star Gods of the Ancient Americas exhibit which appeared at the American Museum of Natural History and the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 1982-1984. The exhibit was produced by the Museum of the American Indian. The catalog includes the label copy that was in the exhibit, illustrations and photographs. Includes information about culture and artifacts from Indians of North, Central, and South America, including The United States, Peru, Mexico, and Canada. The catalog was never published.
Dates
- [1982].
Creator
- Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (Organization)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Curator of the exhibit was Susan Milbrath.
Extent
1 folders. (1 folders.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance: Huntington Free Library.
- Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
- American Museum of Natural History
- Arapaho Indians.
- Archaeoastronomy -- Exhibitions.
- Archaeoastronomy.
- Ethnoastronomy -- Exhibitions.
- Ethnoastronomy.
- Hopi Indians.
- Huari Indians.
- Indians of Central America.
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- Folklore
- Indians of South America.
- Kachina dolls.
- Kwakiutl Indians.
- Maya astronomy.
- Mayas.
- Milbrath, Susan.
- Mochica Indians.
- Zuni Indians.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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