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[circa 1890-1900]
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174 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 15.5 x 23 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2000-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of Ovonramwen, the King of Benin, on his way into exile in 1897, and of other kings in the Niger Delta kingdoms. Portraits included are of Sir Claude Maxwell and Lady Macdonald and Roger Casement, Prince Achibong III of Old Calabar; New Calabar Chief and Wives; Lady Egba and Chief Pagby and Attendants; Ladies of Rank in Old Calabar; Eyo Honesty VIII; Chief Long John of Bonny after Death and chiefs of Opobo. Views of landscape included are of Calabar and Madeira.
Edwin R. and Emily Dean Photographs
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Emily Dean
Edwin R. Dean
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1965-1967
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117 Slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2002-012
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Slides taken in Nigeria, 1965-67, a few years after independence and at the eve of the Biafra War by Edwin R. and Emily Dean. Emily Dean took most of the photographs. She taught at the St. Louis Secondary School. The images are typical for the time period (note that some of them are half frame images, taken with a type of camera heavily promoted in the 1960s). Geographic locations reflect the Deans' experiences and travel: the University of Ibadan Campus, the Jos Museum, Bida , Zaria, Kano, Lagos, and Abeokuta. Of particular interest is a series of Adire production in Abeokuta, the old palace at Idanre and the Timi of Ede's Shango shrine.
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Geary, Christraud M.
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1998
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363 Slides (photographs) (1 binder, color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-009
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Christraud M. Geary during a research trip to Mali and Senegal in 1998.
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Kyriazis, Dimitrios, 1933-2001
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between 1950-1974
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3797 Negatives (photographic) (black & white, 35 mm.)
12 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm.)
1590 Slides (photographs) (color)
5,407 Items (contact images (2 v.), black & white)
20 Items (transparencies (framed), color, 4 x 4 cm.)
794 Negatives (photographic) (black & white, 6 x 6 cm.)
399 Negatives (photographic) (color, 6 x 6 cm.)
764 Items (transparencies, color, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Manuscripts (document genre) (1 v., 8 x 10 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-005
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Dimitri Kyriazis while at the Institute for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, from ca. 1950 through the end of the reign of Emperor Halie Selassie I in 1974.
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DeCorse, Christopher R.
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1978-1987
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2363 Slides (photographs) ((6 v.), color)
2,363 Color copy slides
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-028
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Christopher DeCorse during his travels in Ghana, Gambia, Senegal, Mali and Cote d'Ivoire.
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Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001
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1958-1991
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845 Slides (photographs) (color)
845 Slides (photographs) (dupe slides, color)
1068 Negatives (photographic) (+ field notes & contact prints , black & white, 35 mm.)
1,054 Photographic prints (black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-009
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
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Livingstone, Ivan
- Dates:
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1972-1973
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527 Slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1996-004
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection contains 527 color 35mm slides taken by Ivan Livingstone in West Africa (primarily the Republic of Benin but also in Ghana, Nigeria and Togo) circa 1972-1973. Images depict market scenes, Egúngún and Ifa ceremonies, religious ceremonies of the Celestial Church of Christ, funeral processions, decoration and ornament, clothing and dress, and musicians. There are also several images of the palace of the Oni of Ife. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Yoruba, Ifè, Oyo, Somba, Fon,Dan and Fula peoples.
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Drewal, Henry John
Drewal, Margaret Thompson
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1970-1989
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10,000 Slides (color)
10,617 Copy slides
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-028
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Both Henry John Drewal and Margaret Drewal traveled to Nigeria, Ghana and Togo (West Africa) for extended periods from 1967-1986. During their trips to Nigeria they conducted research into the ritual performance, masking traditions, and traditional sacred rites of the Yoruba people as well as Mami Wata devotes of Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. They are the co-authors of Gelede: Art and Female Power among the Yoruba (1993).Both Henry John Drewal and Margaret Drewal traveled to Nigeria, Ghana and Togo (West Africa) for extended periods from 1967-1986. During their trips to Nigeria they conducted research into the ritual performance, masking traditions, and traditional sacred rites of the Yoruba people as well as Mami Wata devotes of Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. They are the co-authors of Gelede: Art and Female Power among the Yoruba (1993). Photographs taken by Henry John and Margaret Thompson Drewal during the 1970s and 1980s of Yoruba and Ewe art and culture.
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Browning, Augustus
- Dates:
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1982-1985
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1 Boxe
49 Photographic prints (black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1986-013
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Augustus Browning of Hausa and Fulani peoples in Nigeria between 1982 and 1985.
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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.
