Ancestral Shrine, Royal Palace, Benin City, Nigeria
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1891 May
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1 albumen print (cabinet card, black and white, 12.7 x 17.8 cm. (5 x 7 inches) (without mount))
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-014
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
One cabinet card with an albumen photographic print by Cyril Punch of a Benin altar with two bronze heads supporting ivory tusks and framing a group of brass statues and bells, an inscription on the frame reading, "Juju altar, Benin City, May 1891.
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1993-1996
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9 video recordings (sd., color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1994-012
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Video recorded interviews conducted by Dr. Simon Ottenberg with Nigeria artists in Nigeria and in the United States of America, 1994-1996.
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Schneider, Gilbert
- Dates:
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mid-1970s
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24 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 12 x 15 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2019-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of art objects and of object installations taken during the mid-1970s by Gilbert Schneider.
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DeCorse, Christopher
- Dates:
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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
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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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Houlberg, Marilyn
- Dates:
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1970s - circa 2012
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267 color negatives (35mm)
8 Cassettes
19 videocassettes (video 8)
4,011 color slides (35mm)
3,012 Photographic prints (color, 12 x 16 inches or smaller)
27 sound disk cd-r
12 videodiscs (dvd)
1 Reel (Super8)
30 Notebooks (field notes)
0.5 Linear feet (mixed materials; lecture/research files and correspondence)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2015-016
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The Marilyn Houlberg Haiti Collection includes negatives, audio cassettes, video reels, prints, CDs, DVDs, field books, and manuscript materials, including lecture/research files and correspondence, which were created from the 1970s to circa 2012 by Houlberg and focus on the arts and culture of Haiti, especially those of the Afro-Caribbean religion of Voudou.
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O'Hear, Ann
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1980-2015
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34 slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)
2 Digital images
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2016-004
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Ann O'Hear of leatherworking and pottery technology in Ilorin, Nigeria, from 1980 to 2015.
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Robbins, Warren M.
- Dates:
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circa 1966
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329 Photographic prints (1 box, 10 folders, black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-006
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection includes 329 black and white photographic prints, measuring 8 x 10 inches or smaller, that depict African art objects and were published in Warren M. Robbins' book, African Art in American Collections (New York, Washington, London: Praeger, 1966).
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1897-1903
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22 Photographic prints ((dupe prints), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
170 negatives (photographic) ((dupe negs), black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
170 Photographic prints (black & white, 11 x 15 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1998-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of a photographic album, dating from 1897-1903, that includes images of Momabassa, and Frere Town in Kenya and the Ankole, Toro and Mengo regions of Uganda and some locations in between. African peoples depicted include the Waniki and Banma. Subjects include the French Roman Catholic mission station at Budu, Mengo Chu...
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Christol, Frank
- Dates:
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1920s
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215 Photographic prints (dupe prints (2 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in. )
215 negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 4 x 5 in. )
215 Photographic prints (silver gelatin (2 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1989-004
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by French Missionary Frank Christol during his stay in the Cameroon Grassfields, during the 1920s. The photographs document the peoples of the Cameroon Grassfields, particularly the Bamileke. Activities depicted include dancing and playing musical instruments. Objects include figures, masks, textiles and vessels. There are images of chiefs' palaces and architectural details such as carved doors and house posts. Portraits, often with people in groups with objects, document dress, hairstyles, jewelry and scarification. People portrayed include carvers with their work and chiefs in their palaces.
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- Dates:
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2007-2013
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11 electronic discs (cd) (1 box)
4 boxes (correspondence and research)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2017-009
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Research collection of materials related to Freetown artist Miranda Olayinka Burney Nicol (1927-1996) created between 2007 and 2013. The collection includes 4 boxes of correspondence and research and 1 box containing 11 electronic discs (CD-ROMS) primarily of images of Oyalinka's artwork. This research was compiled during the preparation of Otten...