Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Deshler, Walter
- Dates:
-
circa 1970
- Size:
-
1 Film reel (color silent reversal; 50 feet, 8mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1988.23
- Repository:
-
Human Studies Film Archives
Footage of Walter Deshler's trip to the Tauregs in Algeria. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Dickerson, Amina
- Dates:
-
1982
- Size:
-
55 negatives (photographic) (+ contact prints, black & white)
238 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1982-001
- Repository:
-
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Amina Dickerson in 1982 during her travels in Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. Images are mostly of the Hausa, Yoruba and Tuareg peoples.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Pringle, Robert, 1936-
- Dates:
-
circa 1980-1989
- Size:
-
2136 Slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
829 Negatives (photographic) (color , 35mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2006-006
- Repository:
-
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection contains 2136 color 35mm slides and 829 color 35mm negatives taken by Robert Pringle, former Ambassador to Mali, between 1980-1989. The images were taken in Mali, Burkina Faso and Kenya, and depict masquerades, vernacular architecture (including Dogon doors and granaries), mosques, marketplace scenes, pottery, masks (including plank and leaf masks), weaving, art in situ, animals and landscapes. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Tuareg, Lobi, Maasai, Mossi, Dogon, Fula and Bobo (Bwa) peoples. Ambassador Pringle traveled with photographer Christopher Roy and some of Pringle's images depict Roy at work with his own camera.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Seligman, Thomas K.
- Dates:
-
1977 and 1988
- Size:
-
5 Film reels (90 minutes, color sound; 1,600 feet; Super8, 8mm)
4 Video recordings (7 hours, color sound; VHS)
0.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.2015.09
- Repository:
-
Human Studies Film Archives
Films shot by anthropologist Thomas Seligman in Papua New Guinea, Algeria, and Nigeria in 1977 and 1988. Collection contains supplementary materials. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at o...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Wheeler, William F. (William Felix), 1943-2008
- Dates:
-
1986-1998
- Size:
-
5,200 Color slides (circa)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.2005-19
- Repository:
-
National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by William F. Wheeler during his expeditions to Africa in July 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1998, mostly documenting the Efe of Akokora in the Ituri forest. Photographs relating to the Efe people of Akokora in the Ituri forest include images of Efe people, camps, musical instruments, dances, archery and poison arro...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Schildkrout, Enid
Van Couvering, John A.
- Dates:
-
1964-2010
- Size:
-
5320 Slides (photographs) (35 mm)
120 Slides (photographs) (120 mm)
1407 Negatives (photographic) (35 mm)
91 Negatives (photographic) (120 mm)
3 Negatives (photographic) (5 x 7 inches)
10 Negatives (photographic) (4 x 5 inches)
2 Negatives (photographic) (8 x 10 inches)
136 Photographic prints (8 x 10 inches or smaller)
4 Contact sheets
1 USB flash drive (64 GB)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2018-005
- Repository:
-
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection documents the Asante, Baka, Baule, Berber, Dogomba, Dogon, Fulani, Gurunsi, Gonja, Hausa, Lobi, Mamprusi, Mossi, Senufo, Serer, Tsonga, Tuareg, Wolof, and Yoruba peoples; architecture, animals, artwork, celebrations, ceremonies, landscapes, masquerades, markets, mosques, portraits, shrines, and street scenes in Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Morocco, Republic of Benin, Central African Republic, Namibia, and Senegal.
Found In
George L. Waite "Desert Sheiks" lantern slides
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Waite, George L.
- Dates:
-
1930
- Size:
-
47 Lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.2010-12
- Repository:
-
National Anthropological Archives
The collection consists of 47 lantern slides, some hand‐colored, that appear to have been made to illustrate a talk by Waite entitled, "Desert Sheiks." Images show Algerian nomadic people, their camps, and activities including animal husbandry, Algerian towns and villages, and views of the Algerian countryside. There are also several images of the ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Mack, Beverly B. (Beverly Blow), 1952-
- Dates:
-
2002, 2005
- Size:
-
664 digital images (JPEG.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2006-007
- Repository:
-
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection contains 664 digital images (JPEG files) depicting the built environment, landscape and people of Morocco, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and South Africa. A large number of images depict people in and around the Gidan Rumfa palace in Kano, Nigeria, including spectators of and participants in a ceremonial procession celebrating Eid ul-Fitr (the end of Ramadan); servants, concubines, praise singers and musicians in and near the palace harem; members of the royal household and the royal guards; and Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano. Other images depict architectural features of the palace. Images from Morocco, Ghana, Niger and South Africa include various scenes of daily life, architecture, markets, cemeteries and landscapes.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
- Dates:
-
1934-1985
- Size:
-
Film reels (16mm)
0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1987.09
- Repository:
-
Human Studies Film Archives
Film and video of the ethnomusicology collection of Laura C. Boulton, shot primarily by Dr. Boulton among traditional peoples around the world. (See inventory attached to agreement). Collection contains supplementary material: associated texts, sound recordings, annotations, sound logs, and field notes. Please note that the contents of the colle...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director
- Dates:
-
1978-2008
- Size:
-
2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-114
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records created during the tenures of Warren M. Robbins, Director, 1979-1983; Sylvia H. Williams, Director, 1983-1996; and Sharon F. Patton, Director, 2003-2008. Exhibitions documented include "African Masterpieces from the Musee de l'Homme;" "The Art of Being Tuareg: Sahara Nomads in a Modern World;" ...
