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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Northern Nigeria photographs, EEPA 1986-026, between 1905-1907
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1986-026
- Dates:
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[between 1905-1907]
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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silver gelatinblack & white18 x 12 cm. or smallercopy printsblack & white8 x 10 in.
- Repository:
- Container:
- 5311
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.
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
General note
General note
Indexed by negative number.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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 |
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