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Evans, Lois
- Dates:
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1970s
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6 Photographic prints (color, 5 x 7 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1978-005
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Lois Evans of Mbuti peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1970s.
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Ashley, Burton E., 1908-
- Dates:
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1930-1952
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665 Negatives (photographic) (black & white, 4 x 5 in. or smaller)
520 Negatives (photographic) (duplicate negatives; black & white, 4 x 5 in. or smaller)
10 Postcards (black & white, 9 x 14 cm.)
157 Slides (photographs) (color)
338 Photographic prints (+ contact prints , black & white, 4 x 5 in. or smaller)
1 Photographic print ((panograph), black & white, 6.3 x 20 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1979-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The photographs are cityscapes and landscapes taken by Burton E. Ashley in Egypt, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia during the early 1930s and early 1950s. The images include views of Cape Town, South Africa; Cairo, Egypt; Port Said, Egypt, and Mozambique. Architecture depicted includes buildings in Tanzania, a mission in Zambia and the Mohammed Ali Mosque in Cairo. Additionally, there are images of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and rivers and waterfalls including the Luangwa, Nile, Zambezi and Victoria Falls. The collection also includes photos of animals, geological features and vegetation.
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- Dates:
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between 1880-1930
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18 Photographic prints (1 volume, black and white, 15 x 21 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-009
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Vintage photographs, including albumen and silver gelatin photographic prints, collected by the staff of the National Museum of African Art from its inception in 1979.
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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between 1942-1972
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silver gelatin (black & white, 16 x 20 in. or smaller. )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-012
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Eliot Elisofon.
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Roche, Kerwin B.
- Dates:
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1973-1974
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33 Photographic prints ((2 boxes), black & white, 11 x 14 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1974-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Kerwin B. Roche of wildlife in Kenya and Tanganyika and of African dancing in Nairobi, Kenya, over an eighteen month period, 1973-1974.
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Stanley, Janet
- Dates:
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1981
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47 Slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1983-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Janet Stanley in 1981 during her travels through Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Seychelles.
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Brill, William, 1918-2003
- Dates:
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circa 1983
- Size:
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479 Photographic prints (object copy prints; black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller )
17 Photocopies
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of photographs collected by William W. Brill to document his personal collection of African art objects, which primarily contains masks, sculpted figures, and tools.
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Hance, William Adams, 1916-
- Dates:
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1949-1970
- Size:
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2513 Slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
17 Maps
117 Postcards
10 Items ((guidebooks))
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-008
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection, which dates from 1949-1970, contains approximately 2513 color 35mm slides depicting the people, environment and cultures of more than 30 African countries. Images include landscapes, agriculture and marketplace scenes. Countries represented include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Rwanda, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Cote d'Ivoire and Zambia. Also included in this collection are 117 postcards from West and Central Africa and approximately 17 maps of and 10 guide books for East and West Africa. A small amount of miscellaneous ephemera rounds out the collection.
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Houlberg, Marilyn
- Dates:
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1961-circa 2005
- Size:
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6567 Slides (photographs) (11 Binders, color)
14 Documents (1 Binder)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2005-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection consists of 6,567 color slides taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg during various field studies among the Yoruba in southwest Nigeria between 1961 and circa 2005. The images depict Yoruba art and culture with a special focus on artisans, art objects, body arts, costume, festivals, hairstyles, indigenous photography, weaving and textiles. Cultural events depicted include Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art and wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles are also available in this collection.
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- Creators:
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Geary, Christraud M.
- Dates:
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1993
- Size:
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1 Volume (slides , color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-007
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Dr. Christraud Geary during a research trip to Zimbabwe in 1993.