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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Gulla Pfeffer photographs, EEPA 1991-014, circa 1927
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-014
- Creators:
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Pfeffer, Gulla, 1887-1967
- Dates:
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circa 1927
- Languages:
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German.
- Physical Description:
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1,561 Photographic prints(9 v.)black & white17.5 x 24 cm. or smaller100 Negatives (photographic)lantern slidesblack & white443 Negatives (photographic)black & whitephotographic negativesblack & white35 mm.12 Boxesnotebooks977 Photographic prints(dupe prints) (4 v.)black & white175 x 24 cm.546 Photographic prints(contact prints) (2 v.)black & white8 x 11 cm.
- Repository:
- Container:
- 5431234567891011121314155
The photographs document Gulla Kell Pfeffer's trip, ca. 1927, from Victoria (Cameroon) to Kano (Nigeria). She had spent time with the Zumperi, continued on through Takum and Wukari following the old trade road connecting the Grassfields with this region. From there she traveled to Pankshin, Jos, Zaria, before reaching Kano. The pictures have been captioned by Kell Pfeffer.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Images indexed by negative number.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Gulla Kell Pfeffer, b.1887, Germany; anthropologist. She received a Doctorate in Philosophy at Berlin in 1936; traveled, in 1928, on an expedition to the Cameroons and Nigeria to study the Fulbe people, with particular emphasis on their language and literature. She became proficient in the Ful language and collected the tales told by the traditional storyteller Malum Amadu, which were later published as Amadu's Bundle. Married, in her second marriage, Alexander Kell in London, 1939. Made the documentary film, "Menschen im Busch," (camerawork done by Dr. Friederich Dalsheim); published Die weisse Mah, 1929, and, in 1936, published "Ful'be Prose and Poetry."
Administration
Author
Paul Wood
Custodial History note
Purchased, 1991.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
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Conditions Governing Access note
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Keywords
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| Black-and-white photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Nigeria | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cameroon | Geographic | 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
