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Pope, Arthur.
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circa 1899-1900
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57 Photographic prints (Photograph album)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2007-004
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This album contains 57 photographic prints, dating from circa 1899-1900, depicting the indigenous peoples of the Belgian Congo (later known as Zaire and presently known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Subjects depicted include costumes, body arts (hairstyles and scarification), funerary rituals, weavers and blacksmiths. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Kasai, Kwango and Luba peoples.
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Houlberg, Marilyn
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1961-circa 2005
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6567 Slides (photographs) (11 Binders, color)
14 Documents (1 Binder)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2005-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection consists of 6,567 color slides taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg during various field studies among the Yoruba in southwest Nigeria between 1961 and circa 2005. The images depict Yoruba art and culture with a special focus on artisans, art objects, body arts, costume, festivals, hairstyles, indigenous photography, weaving and textiles. Cultural events depicted include Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art and wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles are also available in this collection.
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Unknown
Abdullah Mirza Qajar, 1850-1909
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undated
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1 Item (Album (76 photoprints), b&w)
76 Items (Photographic prints, b&w)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2012.05
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
A family compiled album bound in gold embossed green leather and sold by Au Bon Marche, Paris. Seventy-six informal and studio individual portraits or groups by a variety of photographers from the 1860s to the 1940s or later. Subjects are likely family members, although formal portraits of royalty are also included. Formats range from large cabinet...
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Mathis, Nathaniel, 1946- (barber, motivational speaker)
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1946-2004
bulk 1970-2004
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5.5 Cubic feet (18 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0641
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Nathaniel Mathis is a Washington, D.C., hairstylist, inventor, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur. His papers document his business life and community involvement.
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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1990
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0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-086
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition designed to encourage museum visitors to examine the role of art in their community. Organized and displayed at the Anacostia Museum from July 15, 1990 to September 16, 1990 the show included murals and sculptures viewed in Washington, DC and also encompassed personal statements such as hairstyles, clothes, and jewelry.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Programs
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circa 1960-1971
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0.28 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-060
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of drawings documenting early exhibitions at the Museum of History and Technology, including the Hall of Tools, the Hall of Vehicles, and the Halls of Medical Sciences. Some displays for the Halls of Medical Sciences were first exhibited in the Arts and Industries Building. A few materials document an exhibition on...
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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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Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
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undated
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1 Item (album (120 photoprints))
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2015.09
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Black leather bound album of 119 albumen prints and one silver gelatin print. Prints are likely produced by the studio of photographer Antoin Sevruguin in the 1870s and 80s in his early career in Iran. Includes handwritten captions in Persian. Many of the prints have an unusually purplish tone.
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Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
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undated
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1 Item (album (99 photoprints), b&w, 31.2 cm. x 41.6 cm. (sheet))
62 Albumen prints (b&w, 25 cm. x 20 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2011.03
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
A large album of prints by photographer Antoin Sevruguin, likely dating from his early career in Iran in the 1870s and 1880s. The collection also includes a number of loose, unbacked prints, many duplicating the photographs in the album. Roughly half of the mounted prints have English handwritten captions.
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Brinkworth, William Ian
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1901-1991
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3600 Negatives (photographic) (0801-3332: B5-6; 3333-4422: B5-7, black and white ;, 35mm.)
637 Photographic prints (black and white.)
179 Transparencies (color ;, 35mm.)
8 Volumes (Books and magazines)
65 Manuscripts (document genre)
7 Sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-009
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
William Ian Brinkworth's collection, dated from 1901 to 1991, includes an extensive number of black and white photographs, negatives, color transparencies, books, audio tapes, manuscripts, and research materials. The manuscripts include Brinkworth's book drafts, film treatments, correspondence, historical documents, legal documents, journals and magazines in which his work was published.