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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
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1990
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24 Photographic prints (black and white)
10 Photographic prints (color, 8 x 10 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-015
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs displayed in the exhibition entitled, "Regards croises," held at the National Museum of Mali in Bamako, Mali, from July 27 through August 26, 1990. The exhibit was a joint effort between the National Museum of Mali and The National Museum of African Art (U.S.), which included images from both museums. The prints are complementary copies from the National Museum of Mali. The National Museum of African Art provided images from the photographer, Eliot Elisofon.
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Farkas, Klara
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1971
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8 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color, mounted, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1971-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Klara Farkas in Ethiopia in 1971.
Natalie Knight and Suzanne Priebatsch collection
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Knight, Natalie
Priebatsch, Suzanne
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circa 1970s-2011
bulk 1974-1978
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1,305 Slides (color, 35 mm)
325 negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)
331 Photographic prints
3 electronic discs (dvd)
19 Folders (manuscript materials)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2012-010
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection includes (1,305) 35mm color slides, (325) 35mm color negatives, (331) photographic prints, (3) DVDs and manuscript materials. The images were produced between circa 1970s and 1999 and most depict the Ndebele peoples of South Africa in their kraals (homesteads) making bricks, thatching roofs, and performing other daily activities; ar...
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1936-1941
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269 Photographic prints (1 box, 1 album; black & white, 12 x 16 cm. )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-019
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection includes one photographic album containing 269 silver gelatin black and white prints (12 x 16 cm.) and dates from 1936-1941. The photographs were taken in northern Ethiopia, and possibly Somalia. The images highlight peoples including the Danakil and Afar, dress, adornments, coiffures, churches, and historical residence, among other subjects.
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Pemberton, John, 1928-2016
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1982-1986
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769 slides (color; 35 mm)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2015-010
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of 769 35mm color slides, dates from 1982 to 1986 and documents various Agemo festivals, a performing art of the Yoruba religion. More specifically, Pemberton photographed Agemo funeral rites at the Asu Aluwa house in Olosiwonade, Ijebu, various Agemo priests and their stools, the Odun Agemo festival, Chief Sherafusi's Odun Agemo festival in Igbile, and Egungun dancing at the palace in Oru, Ijebu.
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Elisofon, Elin
- Dates:
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1970-2004
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4 books (color.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2014-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection consists of four books that portray the photography and/or text of Eliot Elisofon: A Week in Agata's World: POLAND. Photographs and text by Eliot Elisofon. New York: Crowell-Collier Press, 1970; A Week in Leonora's World: PUERTO RICO. Photographs and text by Eliot Elisofon. New York: Crowell-Collier Press, 1971; ZAIRE: A Week in Jose...
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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
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1970-1989
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1 box (26 folders)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1997-018
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Exhibition documents (1970-1989) collected by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, to support the research of the museum's curators.
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Higbee, Edwin Converse
- Dates:
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1929
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6 film reels (reels (1 hr 49 min), silent, black & white, 16 mm. 2348 ft )
7 film reels (reels (2 hr 3 min), silent, black & white, 16 mm. 2793 ft)
126 Photographic Prints ((1 v.), black & white, 7 x 13 cm.)
126 Photographic Prints (dupe prints (2 v.), black & white, 7 x 13 cm. )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1989-011
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs and film taken by Edwin Converse Higbee during his trip from Capetown to Cairo in 1929 aboard the S.S. Corinthia. The trip was sponsored by the Raymond & Whitcomb Co., a travel service based in Boston, Massachusetts, and promoted as a Round Africa Cruise. Images reflect a variety of people, countryside and architecture.
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1954-1955
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31 Photographic Prints ((1 box), black & white, 19 x 31.5 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2019-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
A bound notebook of prints picturing a model of the royal palace at Babanki Tungo, West Cameroon. The accompanying caption on the inside of the first image reads, "The model represented in this photographic album is the royal palace at Babanki Tungo, West Cameroon. It was carved by Robert Toh, the royal craver, during 1954-55. The brass figurines were sculpted by Umaru Njasi, a brass-caster from Bamum. The photographs are by Evan G. Schneider and were taken in Southeastern Ohio. Mr. Schneider is also responsible for the printing. Gilbert D. Schneider Athens, Ohio - - 1968." The palace and figurines were also donated in 1979 to the Museum of African Art, now the National Museum of African Art (accession no. 79-1-1).
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Hance, William Adams, 1916-
- Dates:
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1949-1970
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2513 slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
17 maps
117 postcards
10 items ((guidebooks))
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-008
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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.