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Zembo Shrine (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
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1949, 1959
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1399
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of photographs documenting the activities of the members of the Zembo Shrine of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The album Includes images of members involved in charitable activities for children from Shriners' Hospitals; of members engaged in ritual activities or participating in public events such as parades; and of members in regalia.
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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
- Repository:
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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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1989-1990, 1995-1996, 1998-1999, 2003-2004
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the development of exhibitions related to south and southeast Asian art. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Devi: The Great Goddess;" "Buddha's Art of Healing;" "Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure;" "Noble Path: Buddhist Art of Southeast Asia and Tibet;" and "Puja: Expressions of ...
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Lewis, Todd, 1952-
- Dates:
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1987
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9 Videocassettes (VHS) (15 hours 30 minutes, color sound)
17 Videocassettes (U-matic) (sound annotations)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1989.05
- Repository:
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Human Studies Film Archives
Full video record is a documentation project shot in a neighborhood (tol) of Kathmandu which derives its distinctive identity from its importance in the religious geography of the Kathmandu Valley. Shots document a "day in the life" of Asan Tol, a central marketplace bazaar intersected by six streets/lanes including sequenced views over twelve hour...
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Irving & Casson-A.H. Davenport Co
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1875-1974
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25 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 7 reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.irvicass
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Company records for Irving & Casson, Irving & Casson-A.H. Davenport Co., and Doten-Dunton Desk Co., including photographs, correspondence, sales records, sketches, and printed material.
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circa 1868
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2 Prints (color, woodblock, 13 x 35 inches and 19 x 26 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1988-28
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection is comprised of two color woodblock print Japanese maps from circa 1868. The first map (13x 35 inches) is entitled "Ōshu Matsushima Shiogama z̲e̲n̲z̲u̲" and depicts Matsushima-Shiogama in Miyagi Prefecture circa 1806. An English caption title reads "Matsushima (about 130 years ago - 1806)" and is affixed on the lower margin of the b...
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Barbarossa, Theodore Cotillo, 1906-1992
Kennedy, Kennedy, Keefe and Carney (Firm)
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1931-1991
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0.8 Linear feet
8.6 Linear feet (Addition)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.barbtheo
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical data; awards and citations; personal and business correspondence with: Inslee Hopper, consultant to the Chief of the Section of Fine Arts; Richard T. Feller, Clerk of Works for the Washington Cathedral; and Kennedy, Kennedy, Keefe and Carney (formerly Maginnis and Walsh and Kennedy), architects for the National Shrine of the Immaculate...
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Houlberg, Marilyn
- Dates:
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circa 1973-circa mid-1980s
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1,615 color slides (color, 35 mm)
circa 400 Photographic prints (3 x 5 inches, 5 x 7 inches)
1 box manuscripts (document genre)
52 Cassettes (Audiocassettes- music, lectures, field records, interviews)
1 Videocassette
1 cd-r (CD-ROM)
1 Notebook
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2015-015
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection contains a variety of materials including (1,615) 35 mm color slides, circa 400 photographic prints, 1 box of manuscript materials, 1 notebook, 52 audio and 1 video cassettes, and 1 CD-ROM. Many of the slides and photographs were taken during Houlberg's field work in Nigeria (1973-1975) and depict Ibeji figures, wood carvings, Egungun masquerades and masks, twins, portraits, hairstyles, festivals, shrines, textiles, and peoples including the Yoruba, Ekoi, Ibibio, and Ogoni. The audiocassettes consist of lectures, music, field records, and interviews.
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Nikko, Japan, Dantaisha, 1938
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1 Item (39.5 x 54 cm page)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7185
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The map features the architectural details and ground plans of the Tōshōgū, the shrine which was built in 1617 for the tomb of Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun. Included are two portraits, one of the Ieyasu and the other of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu. There are also views of a procession scene of the Tōshōgū festival, falls, shrines, and o...
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Hubbard, Chris
- Dates:
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1969-1970
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47 Slides (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2012-007
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Chris Hubbard in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1969-1970, which primarily depict the funeral of Kuba Nyim Mbopey Mabiintsh ma-Kyeen.
