"Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals," 2001-2002
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- file
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-375
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals, 2001-2002; Making the Grade: Arts of Initiation, 2001-2002
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-005
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
"Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals" exhibit, 2000-2001
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- file
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-010
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Exhibition Records
This accession documents closed, denied, and unfinished exhibitions at the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA). These records contain correspondence, research, notes, checklists, label texts, brochures, floor plans and designs, clippings, loan information, photographs, slides, transparencies, and negatives. Some materials are in electronic format. Exhibitions documented in this accession include …
Exhibition Records
This accession includes the exhibition records of Sylvia H. Williams, Director, 1983-1996, and Roslyn A. Walker, Director, 1997-2002, of the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA). Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; budget summaries; meeting minutes; blueprints; artifact inventory lists; photographs; lecture papers; information on curators Roy Sieber and Philip L …
Publicity Records
This accession consists of records documenting the publicity of exhibitions and special events at the National Museum of African Art. Also included are materials relating to the opening of the museum in its mall location, the building's 10th anniversary celebration, and biographical information for Roslyn A. Walker (Director, 1997-2002) and Philip L …
Administrative Records
This accession includes records documenting the administrative activities of Patricia L. Fiske, Assistant Director for Administration at the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), with earlier records dating back to when she was Assistant Director of NMAfA. Material consists of correspondence, memoranda, and notes; NMAfA weekly reports; project files pertaining …
Eliot Elisofon Field collection
30000 Slides (photographs) (color)
80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
A collection of approximately 28,000 glass plate negatives showing views of a variety of subjects.
Benny Carter Collection
The majority of the material in the Benny Carter Collection is dated from the late 1920s through the later half of the 1990s. Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in December, 2000, the bulk of the collection is comprised of original music manuscripts (full scores and parts), band books, and published sheet music from …
