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Achebe, Chinua, 1930-
- Dates:
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1958
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13 video recordings ((VHS) , sound, color, 1/2 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-029
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Videorecording of Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, written while working as a Talks Producer at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Chilver, Elizabeth
Kaberry, Phyllis M.
- Dates:
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1958-1963
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40 photographic prints ((1 v.), black & white, 17 x 11 mm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-020
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Elizabeth Chilver and Phyllis M. Kaberry of people, costumes and architecture in Cameroon from 1958 through 1963. Duplicate prints from a photographic collection held by the Pitt Rivers Archives in Oxford, England.
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Browning, Augustus
- Dates:
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1982-1985
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226 postcards (black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller.)
1 box
120 postcards (color, 8 x 10 in. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-019
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Postcards of Lower and Upper Egypt published in the first decade of the 20th century. The majority of the postcards are unused, but some of them had been posted between 1900 and 1906.
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Wenger, Suzanne
Yemisi, Lola
Saka, Waheed O.
Smith, Sara Wendell
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1991
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117 slides (photographs) (dupe slides, 1 volume, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Sara Wendell Smith in 1991 of textiles by Nigerian artists. The works include Adire fabric, which is made in a resist dyeing technique, quilts and appliqués. The artists include Nike Davies, Adeyemo Kasali Onireke, Ayanniyi Akeem, Florence, Lola Yemisi, Waheed O. Saka, Rotimi Togbe, Gbenga Emmanual Togbe, Bayo Gbelekale, Lamidi Fakeye and Suzanne Wenger. Also included among the slides are scenes from Oshogbo, Nigeria.
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Galembo, Phyllis
- Dates:
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1900s
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140 Photographic Prints (contact prints (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-012
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Phyllis Galembo in Nigeria.
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Newman, Arnold
- Dates:
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1958
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1 Photographic Print (silver gelatin, black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1986-017
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Arnold Newman of bronze figures in Tada, Nigeria, 1958.
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Holcombe, Bryce P.
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circa 1970
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436 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1986-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of art objects taken by Bryce P. Holcombe during the 1970s.
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Fagg, William B., 1914-1992
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between 1949-1959
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2,452 Photographic Prints ((21 boxes), black and white, 8 x 10 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1986-014
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The photographs document William Fagg's extensive survey work in Nigeria and his trips to Benin, Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Zaire. The photographs illustrate African cultures and works of art, especially those of the Yoruba in Nigeria. Nigerian artisans portrayed include a blacksmith in the town of Jebba, a craftsman casting brass at Ijebu-Ode, and a potter at work in Nok. Celebrations and ceremonies documented include the igue oba and itue ceremonies and the festival of leaves in Benin. There are also images of dances of the Bargesh in northern Nigeria and a masked dance at Nok. Architecture documented includes altars and shrines in Benin and in Oyo, Nigeria; a Birom settlement; Brazilian-style houses in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin; an emir's house in Nigeria; a Jarawa village in Nigeria; the mosque in Keffi, Nigeria; and palaces of Yoruba kings. Most of the photographs show sculpture including Benin bronze plaques and hip masks; Esie stone sculpture; Ifa divination boards, drums, and figures; a Kuba ndop (royal statue) in the Kinshasa Museum; Nok terra-cotta and wooden figures; and Tada bronze figures. There also are images of epa (masquerade) masks; gelede (men's society) masks; a head of Olokun (a male Yoruba divinity) from Ibadan, Nigeria; and Yoruba edan ogboni (bronze staffs) and ibeji (twin figures) from Nigeria. Images of objects by identifiable artists include a palace pillar, post and sculpture by Agbonbiofe; a door and epa mask by Areogun; and a house post and lidded bowl by Olowe of Ise.
Uganda Photographic Album
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Robins, D.C. Major
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between 1920-1935
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43 gelatin silver prints (1 album, black & white, 12 x 16.5 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Album is comprised of photographs taken in and around Patiko, a settlement of the Acholi peoples (also known as Gan) in Uganda, and among the Teso peoples of Uganda. The images depict architectural features, general appearance of both Acholi and Teso, and in some instances activities and rituals. Photographer unknown.
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Heldman, Donald
- Dates:
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Fall 1967-Spring 1968
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23 photographs (b&w.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2011-009
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Dr. Donald P. Heldman of Gambela (Ethiopia) and surrounding neighborhoods. Images primarily depict a port on the Baro River, Etang Village, and Annuak people fishing, canoeing, smoking, bathing, and carrying food and wood.