Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Leon de Sousberghe photographs, 1955-1957

Summary

Collection ID:
EEPA.1999-010
Creators:
Sousberghe, Léon de
Dates:
1955-1957
Languages:
Multiple languages
.
Physical Description:
212 Slides (photographs)
color
1 Map
black & white
50 x 70 cm.
1 Map
color
40 x 53 cm.
Repository:
Container:
212
Photographs taken among the Pende peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the years 1955-1957. Publications used for identifying and describing the collection photographs include
L'Art Pende
(Bruxelles: Académie royale de Belgique, 1958) and
Les danses rituelles Mungonge et Kelas des Bapende
(Academie royale des sciences coloniales, 1956), both by Léon de Sousberghe;
Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende
by Z.S. Strother (The University of Chicago Press, 1998); and, from
Secrecy: African Art that Conceals and Reveals
Mary H. Nooter, ed. (New York: Museum for African Art, 1993), Z.S. Strother's article,
The Physical and Social Boundaries of Secrecy: Eastern Pende Constuctions of Secrecy,
pp. 157-178.

Arrangement note

Arrangement note
Images indexed by negative number.
organized in slide filing cabinet;arranged numerically by image number.

Administration

Author
Paul Wood
Custodial History note
Donated by Leon de Sousberghe, 1999.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Conditions Governing Use note
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Keywords

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Pende (African people) Cultural Context 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