Photographer:

Wildman, Howard  Search this

Collection Creator:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Drewal, Margaret Thompson  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Benin

Date:

1971

Scope and Contents:

Publication title reads, "Body mask. Photograph Howard Wildman. Breast and belly plates, whether plain or elaborately decorated with scarification patterns, emphasize the theme of the knowledge of the source of life. Isagba, 1972."

Local Numbers:

EEPA 1992-028-00364

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Copyright held by John and Margaret Drewal. To publish images from this collection, permission must be given by Henry and Margaret Drewal. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Gelede -- Photographs  Search this

Works of art in situ  Search this

Masks  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Decoration and ornament  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Henry and Margaret Drewal Photographs, EEPA 1992-028, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1992-028, Item EEPA D00364

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Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection

Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection / Benin / 1971

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76f0fea4e-932e-48f9-9e41-60747654d0e4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref3170