[Zuni Indian exhibit by Smithsonian Institution at World's Columbian Exposition, 1893]

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The particular focus here is the Zuni exhibit that the Smithsonian Institution mounted at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, a display of Zuni life presented to fairgoers as part of the fair's ethnological displays. The fair drew millions of visitors, and its anthropology exhibits reflected the era's habit of presenting Native American peoples as objects of scientific study rather than as communities in their own right. The record is brief and relies on an old caption card, so details about the specific objects and people shown are not documented here. Viewers may still find it useful for seeing how the exposition framed Indigenous cultures for a broad public.

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