Northern Nigeria photographs, EEPA 1986-026, between 1905-1907

Summary
Collection ID:
EEPA.1986-026
Dates:
[between 1905-1907]
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
silver gelatin
black & white
18 x 12 cm. or smaller
copy prints
black & white
8 x 10 in.
Repository:
Photographs assembled in an album documenting the Fulbe, Tiv and Wurkun peoples of north-central Nigeria. Images include Fulbe on horseback, Tiv women and children, a Wurkun headman, and Wurkun in indigenous attire. Activities illustrated include dancing and playing musical instruments such as drums, horns with gourd resonators and string bows.
Administration
Author
Paul Wood
Custodial History note
Conserved through a preservation grant funded by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee, 2006.
General note
General note
Indexed by negative number.
Container
53
1
1
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Conditions Governing Access note
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
More Information
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Tiv (African people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wurkun (African people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Africa Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fulbe (African people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nigeria Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographic prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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
https://africa.si.edu/collection/eliot-elisofon-photographic-archives/