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1973
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60 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by an unknown photographer in Ethiopia in 1973.
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Geary, Christraud M.
- Dates:
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1999
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32 prints (visual works) ((1 v.), color, 8 x 10 in.)
32 negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2002-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Thirty-two color photographs of the South African Display on the mall in Washington, DC, during the Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Festival, June-July, 1999.
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Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006
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circa 1965
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19 slides (photographs) ((1 v.), color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-007
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Portrait photographs taken by Wolkmar Wentzel in Angola, circa 1965.
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Chojnacki, Stanisław
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1968, 1975
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107 slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
130 transparencies (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2007-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection contains 130 large format color transparencies, dating from 1968, of Ethiopian icons at the Institute of Ethiopian Studeis, Addis Ababa. The images were taken by Dr. Stanislaw Chojnacki and appear in his catalog publication Ethiopian Icons. The collection also includes 107 35mm color slides of the funeral of Emperor Haile Selassie I, taken by Dr. Chojnacki's colleague Dr. Paul Henze in 1975. At this time, the color slides are available for study purposes only.
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Pope, Arthur.
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circa 1899-1900
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57 photographic prints (Photograph album)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2007-004
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This album contains 57 photographic prints, dating from circa 1899-1900, depicting the indigenous peoples of the Belgian Congo (later known as Zaire and presently known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Subjects depicted include costumes, body arts (hairstyles and scarification), funerary rituals, weavers and blacksmiths. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Kasai, Kwango and Luba peoples.
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O'Shaughnessy, Kevin J.
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circa 1960-1979
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369 postage stamps
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2007-005
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection contains 369 African postage stamps from the post-independence period (circa 1960s-1970s). The stamps depict African leaders, traditional African art and artists, cultural performances, flora and fauna, and prominent visitors to the continent, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope Paul VI. A majority of the stamps come from Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire. Other countries represented include Gabon, Mali, Cameroon, Tunisia, Zambia, Morocco, Dahomey (now Benin), Libya, Gambia, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Upper Volta (now Burkina-Faso), Mauritius, South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Uganda, Egypt, Sudan and the Comoros.
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Pringle, Robert, 1936-
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circa 1980-1989
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2,136 slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
829 negatives (photographic) (color , 35mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2006-006
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection contains 2136 color 35mm slides and 829 color 35mm negatives taken by Robert Pringle, former Ambassador to Mali, between 1980-1989. The images were taken in Mali, Burkina Faso and Kenya, and depict masquerades, vernacular architecture (including Dogon doors and granaries), mosques, marketplace scenes, pottery, masks (including plank and leaf masks), weaving, art in situ, animals and landscapes. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Tuareg, Lobi, Maasai, Mossi, Dogon, Fula and Bobo (Bwa) peoples. Ambassador Pringle traveled with photographer Christopher Roy and some of Pringle's images depict Roy at work with his own camera.
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Eicher, Joanne B.
- Dates:
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1983-1984
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5 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-025
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Joanne B. Eicher in Calabar, 1983-1984.
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Coronel, Patricia, Dr.
- Dates:
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1972-1974
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20 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1990-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Patricia Coronel of Aowin (Akan) arts, Ghana, 1972-1974.
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Conner, Michael
- Dates:
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1978-1985
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3 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1988-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Michael Conner of pottery in Southern African in 1978 and 1985.