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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Philip M. Abram photographs, EEPA 1986-002, 1957-1973, bulk 1970-1973
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1986-002
- Dates:
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1957-1973bulk 1970-1973
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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358 Slides (photographs)+22 postcardscolor10 Photographic prints(dupe prints)color8 x 10 in. or smaller
- Repository:
- Container:
- 1
Photographs taken and postcards gathered by Philip M. Abrams during his travels through Liberia, Mali, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon and Burkina Faso, 1970-1973. Activities documented in the images include a Bundu sande women's society performance with Sowei (female guardian spirit) masks in Liberia; a Dogon dama (festival) masquerade staged for tourists in Sangha, Mali; a Grebo war dance in Krutown, Monrovia, Liberia; young Vai boys during initiation into the poro male secret society; and masked Vai dancers performing on Providence Island, Monrovia.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Slides:organized in one volume;.arranged numerically by image number.
Dupe prints:organized in one volume;arranged numerically by image number.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
U.S. Foreign Service Official.
Administration
Author
Judith Luskey
Custodial History note
Donated by Philip M. Abrams, 1986.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
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Conditions Governing Access note
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Keywords
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 708
Washington, DC 20013-7012
elisofonarchives@si.edu