| Ref No | WIA GC/26132 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Charlotte and Warburg, Moritz 31/01/1896 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | Santa Fé, New Mexico |
| Recipient | Warburg, Charlotte; Warburg, Moritz |
| Date | 31/01/1896 |
| DateNote | FC, in 'Warburg, Charlotte' file |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | acknowledges receipt of letter from Olli [Olga Warburg] and Felix Warburg; he returned to Santa Fé from Albuquerque on 22/01/1896; on 23/01/1896 he saw an [American] Indian dance being performed in San Ildefonso; the Indians were dressed as animals, buffaloes, stags, antilopes and walked and moved like the animals; the Indians believe that the animals are demigods, their dances are like prayers of intercession for rain; he took photographs and will send them prints; Warburg bought a little Kodak camera, which might interest Fritz Warburg; he will send a number of Indian pots, garments, objects to Hamburg; requests the objects to be unpacked and a display cupboard be made by Knaack, like those in the ethnographical museum; hopes that place can be found for his rarities, as he does not need space for a wife; he will travel to Los Angeles the next day and then on his return journey to the two reservations of the Zuni and Hopi; mentions his army papers, which Max Warburg has forwarded to New York; wants to know whether he has to report to the army in the summer; asks his mother to see to it that his membership fee for the 'Künstlerische Gesellschaft für Photographische Publikationen' is paid; it can be done via Commeter'sche Kunsthandlung und Verlagsanstalt; life in Sante Fé is very different from life in the East of the USA; nobody has much money, people are very friendly; Warburg makes visits, is invited, very often by women who are, like in Germany, the 'vehicles' of education; it is mainly German scholars who express scientific interest in the Indians; the Americans themselves are not yet interested in the Indians |
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| DS/UK/664 | Kohn-Speyer; Olga Charlotte, née Warburg (04/11/1873-07/08/1904) | 04/11/1873-07/08/1904 |
| DS/UK/418 | Warburg; Max Moritz (05/06/1867-26/12/1946); Dr. h.c. | 05/06/1867-26/12/1946 |
| DS/UK/690 | Warburg; Felix Moritz (14/01/1871-20/10/1937) | 14/01/1871-20/10/1937 |
| DS/UK/697 | Warburg; Fritz Moritz (12/03/1879-13/10/1964); Dr. jur. | 12/03/1879-13/10/1964 |
| DS/UK/703 | Warburg; Charlotte Esther, née Oppenheim (24/02/1842-13/10/1921) | 24/02/1842-13/10/1921 |
| DS/UK/702 | Warburg; Moritz (1838-1910) | 1838-1910 |
| DS/UK/1982 | Commeter'sche Kunsthandlung und Verlagsanstalt; 1821- | 1821- |