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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Philip L. Ravenhill photographs, 1989
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1989-006
- Creators:
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Ravenhill, Philip L.
- Dates:
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1989
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2 Volumesslidescolor1 Boxedupe slidescolor
- Repository:
- Container:
- 1
Photographs taken during a research trip to Mali in 1989 to study the art and architecture of the Dogon and Bamana peoples. Accompanying Dr. Ravenhill was Stanley Staniski from Media Resources. Their work resulted in the video production entitled,
Togu na and Cheko: Change and Continuity in the Art of Mali,
for the National Museum of African Art.Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Philip L. Ravenhill, 1945-1997, anthropologist, chief curator of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1987-1997. Received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Nyack College in Nyack, N.Y., in 1968, and a master's degree in 1970 and a doctorate in 1976 in anthropology from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, New York. Prior to joining the Smithsonian, Dr. Ravenhill was a senior research fellow at the International African Institute (IAI) in London and project director of the West African Museums Project (WAMP) in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. Dr. Ravenhill's publications include,
Dreams and Reverie: Baule Images of Other-World Mates in the Twentieth Century,
and The Art of the Personal Object.
Administration
Author
Paul Wood
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.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Color slides | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Africa | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bamana (African people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Dogon (African people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Mali | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Niger | Geographic | 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
