Ethnological Photos (National Taiwan University)

Type

Collection

Collection Identifier

c0017

Description

These ethnological images are field-based photos from the Taihoku Imperial University Ethnoarchaeology Seminar period and the National Taiwan University Department of Anthropology period. The main content covers not only various ethnic groups and their living situations across Taiwan, but also images of the Hainan Island Li people. So far, the Department has completed surveying the Pingpu, Atayal, Saisiyat, Bunun, Tsou, Thao, Rukai, Paiwan, Amis, Beinan, Dao, Li and Han, among other peoples. Currently, there are more than 2000 ethnological images which were taken by scholars while on field research, and can be used as supporting information for a wide range of academic studies.

Size

2125 (digital/images)

Language

Chinese; Japanese 

Item Type

Still image 

Item Format

image/jpeg; image/tiff

Rights

link

Access Rights

Users can freely browse, access and download clearly marked material from this website according to regulations defined by intellectual property laws, for personal and non-commercial use only.

Accrual Method

Donation

Accrual Periodicity

Irregular

Accrual Policy

Closed

Custodial History

The National Taiwan University Department of Anthropology’s collection can be traced back to 1928, when the Ethnoarchaeology Seminar was established at Taihoku Imperial University. The components, primarily gathered between 1920 and 1960, include over 10,000 articles of quotidian commodities, ritual utensils, and field images of Taiwan’s indigenous peoples, and hundreds of thousands of prehistoric artifacts unearthed at various archaeological sites in Taiwan. Since 2002, the Department has been a member of the National Digital Archives Program and has been in the process of digitizing and re-identifying its collection components—a process that confers a multifaceted significance upon cultural heritage in an information society. 

Audience

Researchers; the general public

Subject

Ethnology; anthropology; Taiwanese aborigines; Han Chinese; Li people in Southeast Asia

Spatial Coverage

Taiwan; Hainan Island

Temporal Coverage

1920s/1960s

Dates Collection Accumulated

1920s/1960s 

Dates Items Created

1920s/1960s 

Collector

Ethnoarchaeology Seminar, Taihoku Imperial University; Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University

Owner

Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University

Is Located At

Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University

Is Accessed Via

link: http://www.darc.ntu.edu.tw/newdarc/darc/index.jsp

Super-Collection

Anthropology

Associated collection

Ethnological Specimens (National Taiwan University); Ethnological Archives of the Institute of History and Philology (Academia Sinica);

Associated Publication

Ethnographic Collections of the Taiwanese Indigenous People (National Museum of Natural Science); Archeological Collections in Central Taiwan (National Museum of Natural Science)