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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Thomas Weir photographs, EEPA 1987-001, 1960-1966
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1987-001
- Creators:
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Weir, Thomas
- Dates:
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1960-1966
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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48 Photographic prints(1 v.)black & white8 x 10 in.2330 Slides (photographs)(2 v.)color
- Repository:
- Container:
- 123
Photographs taken by Thomas Weir in Liberia to document Liberian culture, 1960-1966. The photographs document the architecture, arts, events and peoples of Liberia, particularly the Bassa, Kru and Vai. Activities documented include blacksmithing, ivory carving, the making of a dugout canoe, pottery, market vending and basket and cloth weaving. Architectural images include government ministries, hospitals, schools and numerous street scenes in Monrovia, as well as Bassa houses and villages. Art works depicted include paintings on houses and signs, as well as paintings, sculptures and textiles created as tourist art. Events documented include official government ceremonies with staged indigenous dances; rituals in villages such as young members of the female sande society returning from the initiation camp; and visits by foreign heads of state such as Queen Elizabeth II and Josip Broz Tito of Yoguslavia. Liberians portrayed include President William V.S. Tubman and the people of Monrovia and other towns.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Images indexed by negative number.
Administration
Author
Paul Wood
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
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Conditions Governing Access note
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Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Color slides | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographic prints | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Black-and-white photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Monrovia (Liberia) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Liberia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Kru (African people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bassa (Liberian and Sierra Leone people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Africa | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Picture postcards | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Vai (African people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Tubman, William V.S., 1895-1971 | Personal Name | 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
