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1897
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63 photographic prints (dupe prints (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in. )
63 photographic prints (albumen (1 album), black & white, 18 x 26 cm. or smaller )
63 negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 4 x 5 in. )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-024
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by unknown photographers in Nigeria and found in an album signed on the front inside cover, "W.H. Himbury, Grosvenor Club, Piccadilly 10." Funeral pictures of important African chiefs are prominent within the album and include burial pictures of the family members of the deceased as well as of the belongings of the deceased. Images include views of Lagos and Abeokuta. African peoples include the Anang Ibibio, Kalabari and Efik. Images of individuals include British colonial officials and chiefs of the Niger Delta. Prominent among the British officials is Sir Claude Maxwell Macdonald (1852-1915), Governor of the Oil River Protectorate, which, after 1896, was known as the Niger River Protectorate.
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1900s
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278 postcards ((2 v.), black & white, 9 x 14 cm. )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Postcards of Ethiopia.
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1924
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2 negatives (photographic) ((dupe negs), black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
1 print (visual works) (black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
1 negative (photographic) (black & white, 8 x 11.5 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1994-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photograph by Major John Noble White of a mask worn by the Tetela people, Kasongo village, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1924. The mask pictured in the photograph was received by the National Museum of African Art in 1984 and is assigned the registration number 84-6-6.
Ghana photographs
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[between 1885-1910]
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108 negatives (photographic) (dupe negs., black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
2 photographic prints (albumen (1 box), black & white, 16 x 21.5 cm.)
8 photographic prints (silver gelatin, black & white, 25 x 30 cm. or smaller )
38 photographic prints (albumen (1 v.), black & white, 14 x 20 cm. or smaller )
70 photographic prints (albumen (1 box), black & white, 14 x 22 cm. or smaller )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-018
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The majority of the photographs were taken in Cape Coast. Some the images were taken in Elmina. Several images depict chiefs, including a chief of Elmina, in their regalia and with their entourages. Other images depict Fante peoples in studio settings. Their attire and coiffures are of great relevance for art historical study. Also included in the album are images of the architecture of Cape Coast and Elmina.
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between 1877-1895
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169 negatives (photographic) (dupe negs., black & white, 4 x 5 in. )
169 photographic prints (dupe prints (2 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in. )
169 photographic prints ((1 album), black & white, 14 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-017
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of West Africa, mostly from Lagos and coastal Nigeria, 1877-1895. There are high quality pictures of trading houses and residences in Lagos, often with the name of the owners given in the caption. One of the buildings depicted is the cathedral. Several exceptional images portray chiefs, such as the King of Opobo, and the wives of the King of Opobo, the Balogun of Epe, the Alake of Abeokuta, and the chief of New Calabar. Of greatest interest is a photograph entitled "Benin Gods" which shows figures from the Kingdom of Brass, taken in circa 1877/1878. There are also views of Cape Coast, Elmina, Accra, Wydah, Fernando Poo, Porto Novo, Grand Popo, and one from Liberia. The themes range from architecture to dances and weddings. Of particular interest are two depictions of fancy dress.
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1897
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1 print (visual works) (albumen , black & white, 20 x 14 cm. )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-007
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photograph of Ovonramwen, King of Benin (Oba), aboard a ship on his way into exile, 1897. Photographer unknown.
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circa 1900
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20 photographic prints (dupe prints (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
20 photographic prints ((1f box), black & white, 19 x 14 cm. or smaller)
20 photographic prints (black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of Zulu men, women and children, taken by various photographers, often in poses arranged by the photographer. There are also images of settlements.
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MacCloskey, C.B. Captain
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1943
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30 photographic prints ((1 v.), black & white, 5 x 7 in. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-004
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Captain C.B. MacCloskey while serving as a public relations officer with Colonel A.B. McMullen at the Air Transport Command in Accra, Ghana. Images document Africans in the Akan chiefdom of Akim near Accra, Ghana, in 1943. Activities shown include dancing and drum playing, as well as the funeral of the king of Akim and funerary dances. Also included is an image of an effigy of the deceased king. People depicted include Africans in Western dress and uniforms and U.S. soldiers.
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Mittlebrook, J.E.
- Dates:
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1898
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50 photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 13.5 x 20 cm. or smaller)
50 photographic prints (dupe prints (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
50 photographic prints (black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-007
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Fifty photographs taken by J.E. Mittlebrook and published by D'Urban and Kimberley in 1898 in an album entitled, South African Souvenir.
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Schneider, Wilhelm, 1902-1990
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between 1937-1940
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84 photographic prints (dupe prints (1 box), black & white, 18 x 13 cm. or smaller)
158 negatives (photographic) (black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
158 photographic prints (silver gelatin (2 v.), black & white, 18 x 13 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-011
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
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.