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Barbara Jarocki
- Dates:
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1983
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65 photographs (color, 4 x 6 inches)
1 postcard (color)
2 photographs (color, 5 x 7 inches)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2016-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection consists of one postcard and 67 photographs documenting the installation for and art objects in the exhibition "African Art from Nigeria and the Ivory Coast" (April 6-25, 1983), held at the Sarah Lawrence College Art Galley, and curated by Barbara Jarocki. The postcard is an invitation to the opening reception.
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Robbins, Warren M.
Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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circa 1969-1990
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1 watercolor (framed)
3 prints (black and white, 1 framed, 2 matted)
1 portfolio
28 posters
7 documents ((brochures))
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2015-013
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The Robbins Center Collection includes posters advertizing the Museum of African Art (now the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution) and its exhibits, exhibit brochures, a watercolor painting and photographs by Eliot Elisofon, and museum signage.
Omo: Expressions of a People, Photographs by Drew Doggett
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Doggett, Drew
- Dates:
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February 2011
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1 Photographic Print (b&w; matted, 12 x 18 in. (print); 21 x 24 in. (matted))
1 Photographic Print (b&w; matted, 10 x 12 in. (print); 16 x 18 in. (matted))
18 Photographic Prints (b&w; matted, 12 x 18 in. (print); 18 x 24 in. (matted))
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2015-009
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection consists of twenty matted black and white photographs taken in February 2011 that were used in Doggett's series, Omo: Expressions of a People (2012). These artistic photographs were taken in Omo Valley, Ethiopia, and depict Suri, Hamar, Dhassanac and Karo peoples.
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Freyer, Bryna
- Dates:
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1953 March 1
- Size:
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1 Photographic Print (b&w, 23.5 x 17.8 cm)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2014-006
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographic print of Eliot Elisofon accepting an award on March 1, 1953 from Modern Photography for "Outstanding Color Photography" in the film Moulin Rouge.
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Eloise Thompson
- Dates:
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1965
- Size:
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20 slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2012-006
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection consists of twenty slides taken at the Kibo Art Gallery, which was run by Tanzanian artist Elimo Njau. Ten of the slides were published/distributed by the Kibo Art Gallery and depict art objects. The other ten slides were photographed by Peace Corps volunteer Eloise Thompson and portray people at a workshop at the Kibo Art Gallery in Marangu in 1965, including artist Elimo Njau.
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Emily Dean
Edwin R. Dean
- Dates:
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1965-1967
- Size:
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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. Mrs. 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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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Shamir, Marli
- Dates:
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1971
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229 gelatin silver prints (black and white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller)
89 Photographic Prints ((1 v.), black and white, 23 x 18 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-025
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Marli Shamir in Mali, in 1971. The majority of the images show architecture in Djenne, Mali. Other images depict architecture of the Dogon in Timbuktu, Gao and San. Photographs from this collection were featured by Labelle Prussin's thesis entitled, "The Architecture of Djenne; African Synthesis and Transformation," (Yale University, 1974) and in her book entitled, "Hatumere: Islamic Design in West Africa," (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986). The images have also been displayed in an exhibition entitled, "Marli Shamir Photographs from the Sahel," held in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, in 1976.
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- Dates:
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1910
- Size:
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68 lantern slides ((1 notebook), b&w, 10 x 13 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-015
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Lantern slides and accompanying notebook of photographic images taken by Missionary Ernest Goddhun in Southern Cameroon prior to the First World War.
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- Dates:
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circa 1631-1973
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78 maps
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The Historic Maps of Africa collection includes 78 maps and dates from circa 1631 to 1973. Geographic content of individual maps varies from topographical information, boundaries of colonial territories, and ethnic groups, among other topics. While several depict the continent of Africa in its entirety, many focus on specific countries and geographic regions. There are a particularly large number of maps depicting the West African Coast.
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Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001
- Dates:
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circa 1965
- Size:
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65 slides (photographs) ((dupes), color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-011
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Roy Sieber. Images of African textile and the dyeing and weaving processes. Objects depicted include Asante Kente cloth, Hausa embroidered pants, Jukun tie-dye waist cloth, a Kuba hat, Yoruba indigo dye and a Zulu cloak, as well as akwete cloth from Nigeria, an appliqué dress from Cameroon, an appliqué robe from Ghana, cloth from Dahomey (now Benin) and dye pots from Ede. People portrayed include a Dogon dancer, Kajiado warriors with spears and shields, a weaver making cloth, and women dyeing cloth with indigo.