Afar photographs
7 Photographic prints ((collotypes), black & white, 23 x 29 cm.)
1 Boxe
7 Negatives (photographic) (black & white, 4 x 5 inches)
Photographs of Afar people in Somalia or Northern Ethiopia, circa 1890.
Kathleen Daubert Smith photographs
164 Slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
Photographic prints taken by Kathleen Daubert Smith of coptic art in Ethiopia in 1999. One image is of a priest.
Ethiopian Studio Photography collection
1 Photographic print (black & white, 9 x 5.5 cm.)
1 Volume
Portrait photographs taken in a photographic studio in Asmara, Ethiopia, during the 1980s.
Senegal photographs
46 Photographic prints (dupe prints, black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller )
8 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 18.5 x 40 cm. or smaller )
32 Photographic prints (cabinet cards (1 box), black & white, 4 x 5.5 in. )
Photographs and cabinet cards from Senegal collected by the staff of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, during the 1980s. Popular from the mid-1860s through the 1900s, cabinet cards were commercially produced 4" x 5 1/2" photoprints mounted on card stock measuring 4 1/4" x 6 1/2", often with an embossed studio name in the corner. Frequently sold as collectors' items, these cards often contained images of attractive women or royalty of various nationalities. Images include cabinet cards from the Bonnevide Photographic Studio and from J. Barbier.
Photographic Prints of Asia
Four 19th/early 20th century prints: 1 unmounted gelatin silver rural scene in Peshawar by R.B. Holmes. 23.8 x 29.3 cm.; 1 unmounted gelatin silver scene of Afghan men by R.B. Holmes. 23.8 x 29.3 cm.18.6 x 14.3 cm.; 1 unmounted albumen print of 2 Sri Lankan young men with fruit by Scowen Studio. 21.4 x 27.8 cm.; 1 umounted albumen print of Japanese …
Ghana photographs
2 Photographic prints (albumen (1 box), black & white, 16 x 21.5 cm.)
8 Photographic prints (silver gelatin, black & white, 25 x 30 cm. or smaller )
38 Photographic prints (albumen (1 v.), black & white, 14 x 20 cm. or smaller )
70 Photographic prints (albumen (1 box), black & white, 14 x 22 cm. or smaller )
The majority of the photographs were taken in Cape Coast. Some the images were taken in Elmina. Several images depict chiefs, including a chief of Elmina, in their regalia and with their entourages. Other images depict Fante peoples in studio settings. Their attire and coiffures are of great relevance for art historical study. Also included in the album are images of the architecture of Cape Coast and Elmina.
Photograph of Eliot Elisofon Accepting Award from Modern Photography
Photographic print of Eliot Elisofon accepting an award on March 1, 1953 from Modern Photography for "Outstanding Color Photography" in the film Moulin Rouge.
Study Collection PUCINELLI ROBBINS, Lydia
0 items (ephemera )
The collection consists of ephemera related to the Museum of African Art (now the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art) and 7 photographic prints. Ephemera includes monographs, clippings, exhibition invitations, the original prospectus for the Museum by Warren Robbins (1963), and a page of remarks delivered by Paul Tishman at the "Tribute …
Lois Evans photographs
Photographs taken by Lois Evans of Mbuti peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1970s.
Mario Meneghini study photographs
Photographs of Nomoli and Kissi Stones, circa 1981.
