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:

1973

Scope and Contents:

Publication title reads, "Gelede dancer in performance wearing a mask with hinged joints. Joints make moveable enormous snakes that emerge from the headdresses, thus adding another kinetic dimension to the dance. Photograph by Howard Wildman. Idahin, 1971."

Local Numbers:

EEPA 1992-028-00641

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

Masquerades  Search this

Dance  Search this

Works of art in situ  Search this

Masks  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa  Search this

Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Snakes  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 D00641

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Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection

Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection / Benin / 1973

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73fdebe9e-11a0-4b78-8f6e-b1ccf277167e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref3446