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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Wilhelm Schneider photographs, EEPA 1991-011, between 1937-1940
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-011
- Creators:
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Schneider, Wilhelm, 1902-1990
- Dates:
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between 1937-1940
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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84 Photographic printsdupe prints (1 box)black & white18 x 13 cm. or smaller158 Negatives (photographic)black & white4 x 5 in.158 Photographic printssilver gelatin (2 v.)black & white18 x 13 cm. or smaller
- Repository:
- Container:
- 158121
Photographs taken by Wilhelm Schneider (1902-1990) to document his experiences as a missionary for the Swiss Basel Mission in Cameroon, 1937-1940. The photographs document the culture of the Weh people and their neighbors in the Cameroon Grassfields during the 1930s. Activities include a funeral ceremony, hair braiding, house building, bridge crossing, food preparation, drum playing, knife sharpening, cotton spinning, field work, market selling and preaching. Architecture depicted includes chiefs' palaces, compounds, a mission school house, shrines and villages. Portraits include chiefs, kings, members of the secret society, kweifo, with their adornments, and other people showing dress, masks, ornaments and scarification.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Images indexed by negative number.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Wilhelm Schneider, 1902-1990, missionary; trained at the Basel Mission in Switzerland, stationed by the mission in Bali, Weh and the Fungom regions of the Cameroon Grassfields; later a pastor in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
Administration
Author
Paul Wood
Custodial History note
Donated by Walter Schneider, son of Wilhelm Schneider, of York, Pennsylvania, and Maria Petzold, daughter of Wilhelm Schneider, of Reutlingen, Germany, 1991.
Using the Collection
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Conditions Governing Access note
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Keywords
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Agriculture | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Cameroon | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Body marking -- Africa | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographic prints | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Cultural landscapes | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Black-and-white photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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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