03 Jul 2009

[Asia materials in] Smithsonian Institution Collection Search Center
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, US

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[The following are results of 4 illustrative keyword searches - ed.]

1,137 records matching keyword: "Tibet":
ONLINE MEDIA Images (51) Finding aids (11) Electronic resource (8) Video clips (1) TYPE Books (570) Archival materials (353) Photographs (338) Exhibitions (events) (96) Catalogs (47) Pictorial works (26) Collection descriptions (22) Biographies (14) Conferences (8) Manuscripts (8) TOPIC Art, Tibetan (116) Buddhism (110) Description and travel (108) Art, Buddhist (86) History (84) Buddhist art and symbolism (53) Art (40) Civilization (35) Religion (34) Antiquities (32) NAME NMNH (56) Tsybikoff, G. T (50) Rockhill, William Woodville (42) Elwin, Verrier (36) Hrdli?ka, Ale? (33) Graham, David Crockett (26) Rockhill Expedition (26) Isham, Charles S.? (21) Rock, Joseph F (13) Zhongguo ke xue yuan (13) CULTURE Tibet (190) Tibetans (67) Tibet ? (25) Chinese ? (17) Akha ? (10) Buddhism (6) Abor (5) Mishmi (4) Mongols (4) Newar (Nepalese people) (4) LANGUAGE English (548) Chinese (209) Tibetan (73) German (65) French (64) Japanese (15) Italian (14) Latin (9) Dutch (7) Sanskrit (7) PLACE China (508) Tibet (483) Tibet (China) (268) India (39) Asia (29) Nepal (22) Asia, Central (18) Mongolia (17) Himalaya Mountains (16) Himalaya Mountains Region (11) DATE 1990s (193) 2000s (180) 1980s (161) 1960s (114) 1900s (107) 1950s (92) 1920s (81) 1970s (61) 1910s (56) 1890s (49)

11,387 records matching keyword: "India":
ONLINE MEDIA Images (2508) Electronic resource (124) Finding aids (40) Transcripts (7) Video clips (4) Online publications (1) Sound recordings (1) TYPE Books (5506) Archival materials (3176) Photographs (3013) Drawings (484) Albumen prints (479) Exhibition catalogs (339) Exhibitions (events) (329) Transparencies (265) Periodicals (264) Catalogs (246) TOPIC History (930) Architecture (566) Ethnography (484) Indigenous Peoples (484) Antiquities (395) Botany (326) Portrait (321) Description and travel (304) Civilization (286) Art, Indic (237) NAME Underwood & Underwood (897) H. C. White Co (413) Ponting, Herbert George (344) Gridwood (318) Sorenson, E. Richard (254) Zoological Survey of India (214) India (125) Larrabee, Constance Stuart (102) Bourne and Shepherd (81) Hrdli?ka, Ale? (77) CULTURE India (764) Tibetans (261) Hindus (178) Muslims (145) Tamil (56) Portraits (30) Assamese (29) Indian (29) Britain ? (27) British ? (27) LANGUAGE English (6594) French (223) German (172) Spanish (163) Sanskrit (73) Latin (66) Japanese (49) Hindi (48) Portuguese (42) Italian (35) PLACE India (6847) South Asia (568) Ladakh (India) (266) Africa (186) Asia (165) China (124) South Africa (112) Cape Town (South Africa) (102) Japan (100) Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa) (97) DATE 1980s (1699) 1990s (1501) 1900s (1375) 1910s (1213) 1970s (1117) 1870s (1039) 2000s (971) 1960s (784) 1880s (717) 1860s (710)

3,258 records matching keyword: "Indonesia"
ONLINE MEDIA Images (361) Electronic resource (40) Finding aids (17) Transcripts (1) TYPE Books (2332) Archival materials (439) Photographs (419) Exhibitions (events) (107) Periodicals (87) Collection descriptions (59) Conferences (49) Dictionaries (46) Microforms (40) Catalogs (39) TOPIC History (241) Ethnology (184) Social life and customs (163) Description and travel (139) Indonesian language (133) Antiquities (81) Civilization (78) Politics and government (76) Dictionaries (72) Botany (70) NAME Abbott, William Louis (149) Indonesia (122) Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah (61) Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa (59) Cornell University (43) Proyek Penerbitan Buku Bacaan dan Sastra Indonesia dan Daerah (38) United States (35) Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands) (31) Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia) (25) Lembaga Kebudajaan Indonesia (25) CULTURE Javanese (Indonesian people) (105) Dayak (Indonesian people) (64) Land Dyak (57) Borneo (22) Batjan (18) Ambon (16) Buru (14) Moluccans (14) Ternate (14) Toraja (Indonesian people) (13) LANGUAGE English (1539) Indonesian (766) Dutch (519) German (166) French (103) Austronesian (Other) (44) Javanese (40) Japanese (31) Latin (27) Undetermined (17) PLACE Indonesia (1955) Java (256) Java (Indonesia) (126) Sumatra (82) Bali Island (Indonesia) (80) Bali Island (63) Papua (Indonesia) (63) Netherlands (48) Asia (46) Sumatra (Indonesia) (44) DATE 1990s (540) 1980s (528) 1970s (409) 1950s (331) 1960s (301) 1920s (195) 1940s (193) 2000s (193) 1930s (184) 1900s (174)

2,903 records matching keyword: "Korea"
ONLINE MEDIA Images (491) Electronic resource (45) Finding aids (6) Transcripts (6) TYPE Books (1476) Exhibitions (events) (587) Archival materials (533) Photographs (374) Works of art (160) Catalogs (111) Periodicals (88) Pictorial works (53) Biographies (48) Sculptures (34) TOPIC History (392) Antiquities (197) Art, Korean (194) Civilization (144) Painting, Korean (107) Social life and customs (97) Korean War, 1950-1953 (95) Porcelain, Korean (66) Description and travel (60) Pottery, Korean (54) NAME Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea) (92) Kisan (84) United States (80) NMNH (77) Korea (South) (59) Jenings, F. H (51) JAC Project (47) Kungnip Minsok Pangmulgwan (Korea) (47) ?? ?? ??? (Korea) (36) ??????? (Korea) (32) CULTURE Koreans (384) Korean (77) Americans (9) Japanese (6) Korea (3) Chinese (2) Hupa (2) Indians of North America (2) Mohave (2) Prehistoric peoples (2) LANGUAGE English (1606) Korean (1122) Japanese (332) German (48) French (46) Chinese (41) Latin (15) Dutch (5) Russian (5) Undetermined (4) PLACE Korea (1365) Korea (South) (392) Japan (154) China (95) United States (93) East Asia (42) Seoul (40) Korea (North) (32) Asia (30) Taiwan (18) DATE 1990s (828) 1980s (474) 2000s (471) 1900s (409) 1880s (283) 1910s (193) 1970s (191) 1950s (173) 1890s (170) 1390s (167).

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* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum/Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30