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Restitution and the Benin Bronzes Conversation

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National Museum of African Art  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2022-10-14T16:49:10.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, African  Search this
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Agojie Warriors Inspired the Dora Milaje ⚔️ Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong’o | Smithsonian Channel

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Smithsonian Channel  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2022-10-10T16:00:00.000Z
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Entertainment  Search this
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The John Santos Sextet - "Descargarará" [Official Audio]

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2020-07-15T15:29:03.000Z
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Music  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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Ancestral altar (asen)

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National Museum of African Art  Search this
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2019-04-05T16:44:40.000Z
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Education  Search this
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The Alonge Project: Collaborating with the Benin Museum

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Smithsonian Institution  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2019-07-25T14:52:59.000Z
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Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf

Biogeographical Region:
22 - West Tropical Africa  Search this
Collector:
A. Naegelé  Search this
Place:
Entre Gl [illegible text]é et A Gouagon vers Savé., Benin, Africa
Collection Date:
Nov 1983
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae
Published Name:
Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
Barcode:
04353834
USNM Number:
3659086
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3188c12d0-b2a4-4f42-9166-9a57d645ab1b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16200052

Commelina erecta L. subsp. erecta

Biogeographical Region:
22 - West Tropical Africa  Search this
Collector:
V. Adjakidjè  Search this
P. Agbani  Search this
H. Yedomonhan  Search this
Place:
Dassa, Dassa-Zoume. Colline., Zou, Benin, Africa
Collection Date:
30 Apr 1998
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Commelinales Commelinaceae
Published Name:
Commelina erecta L. subsp. erecta
Barcode:
01286712
USNM Number:
3649696
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38fc79259-9ecf-41d4-9024-b6432098abcc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11675306

Deinbollia pinnata (Poir.) Schum. & Thonn.

Biogeographical Region:
22 - West Tropical Africa  Search this
Collector:
A. Akoegninou  Search this
P. Agbani  Search this
H. Yedomonhan  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
Jachère, ferralitique  Search this
Place:
Abomey-Calavi, domaine radio, campus Abomey-Calavi, Atlantique, Benin, Africa
Collection Date:
26 Feb 1998
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Sapindales Sapindaceae Sapindoideae
Published Name:
Deinbollia pinnata (Poir.) Schum. & Thonn.
Barcode:
01946815
USNM Number:
3716359
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c03a6d5a-99b0-4fb4-831a-bface7b1cc97
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14101569

Eriocoelum kerstingii Gilg ex Engl.

Biogeographical Region:
22 - West Tropical Africa  Search this
Collector:
B. Sinsin  Search this
P. Agbani  Search this
H. Yedomonhan  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
Galerie forestière, rocailleux  Search this
Place:
Boukoumbé, Koussoukouangou, Atakora, Benin, Africa
Collection Date:
27 Mar 2001
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Sapindales Sapindaceae Sapindoideae
Published Name:
Eriocoelum kerstingii Gilg ex Engl.
Barcode:
01318953
USNM Number:
3676423
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Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3172a30a6-a3af-4ccd-9a59-9dbcd5222d89
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12125310

Nigeria photograph album

Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Names:
Archibong, Prince, III  Search this
Boler, Richard Doubleday, Captain  Search this
Brown, William Abobo, Chief  Search this
Casement, Roger, Sir, 1864-1916  Search this
Honesty, Eyo, VIII  Search this
Jumbo, Oko, Chief, -1891  Search this
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900  Search this
Locke , Ralph Frederick  Search this
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
MacDonald, Ethel, Lady, 1857-1941  Search this
Moor, Ralph Denham Rayment, Sir, 1860-1909  Search this
Ovonramwen, King of Benin, -1914  Search this
Phillips, James Robert, -1897  Search this
Shekleton, R.A., Dr.  Search this
Wall, T.A.  Search this
Yonwuren, Ogbe, Chief, ca. 1830 -  Search this
Extent:
174 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, albumen prints , 15.5 x 23 cm. or smaller)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Madeira Islands
Bonny (Nigeria)
Sapele (Nigeria)
Brass (Nigeria)
Old Calabar (Nigeria)
Opobo Town Nigeria -- Photographs
Africa -- Colonization
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
[circa 1890-1900]
Summary:
This album was likely compiled by a British official posted in the Niger Delta between the 1890s and 1900. It contains photographs of British officers and troops around the British invasion of the Benin Kingdom as well as views of the British-imposed Oil Rivers Protectorate and Niger Coast Protectorate in Old Calabar, Opobo, and Bonny. It also includes portraits of Ovonramwen, the King of Benin, on his way into exile in 1897, and of other kings and rulers in the Niger Delta kingdoms.
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains photographs of Ovonramwen, the King of Benin, on his way into exile in 1897, and of other kings and rulers in the Niger Delta kingdoms. Portraits included are Prince Archibong III of Old Calabar, New Calabar Chief and Wives, Lady Egba and Chief Chief Ogbe Yonwuren, Ladies of Rank in Old Calabar, Eyo Honesty VIII, Chief Long John of Bonny, chiefs of Opobo, and Chief Oko Jumbo. Portraits of British subjects included are of Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald and Lady Ethel Macdonald, Roger Casement, Sir Ralph Moor, Mary Kingsley, Deputy J.R. Phillips, Dr. R.A. Shekleton, Commissioner A. Harcourt, Mr. T.A. Wall, and Captain Boler. Includes scenes of weddings, iria outfits, steamships, regattas, the Queen's Jubilee of 1897, British colonial officials, trading ports, sports, coffee plantations, and consulates in Bonny, Warri, Old Calabar, Opobo, Kwa Ibo, and Sapele. Some landscape views of Madeira.
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Portrait photography -- Africa  Search this
Canoes  Search this
Troops  Search this
Regattas  Search this
Government and politics -- chiefs  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white photographs
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d8501212-875f-4532-b32a-de0813e8f399
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2000-003

Macdonald Calabar photographs

Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
135 Negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 4 x 5 in. )
135 Photographic prints (albumen, black & white, 14 x 21 cm.)
135 Photographic prints (copy prints (2 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
Container:
Item 135
Box 1
Volume 1
Volume 2
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives
Photographs
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Date:
circa 1895
Summary:
Photographic album formerly belonging to Major General Claude Maxwell Macdonald (1852-1915), Commissioner, Oil Rivers Protectorate, in West Africa, circa 1895. The album contains photographs of the consulate general in Old Calabar, Opobo and Bonny. Images, such as the arrival of Lady Macdonald in 1895 (returning from a home leave), interiors of British residences, and (named) group portraits of the British reflect colonial life and infrastructure. Native and British troops are depicted as well. Several images show the results of the British attacks on Brass and Nembe, in retaliation for King Nana's unwillingness to cooperate.

Several images were taken of chiefs, among them a copy photograph of a 1882 image of King Nana of the Benin River, King Jaja of Opobo, King Koko of Brass, King Duke IX of Old Calabar, and King George Pebble of Bonny. Perhaps the most outstanding imagery is a series "On the way to Benin," which contains the photograph of an altar, a crucified woman, a forest path, and a contingent of British colonials. Several remarkable photographs depict Cross River masquerades with head crests, dances of Kru "Boys," and portray women of the Niger Delta. One photograph, showing the bronze sculpture of a Benin horseman placed on a rug in front of a wall (very likely taken in Nigeria), is of great interest for art historians. This particular figure left Benin before the city was ransacked and destroyed by the British Punitive Expedition in 1987, and, according to William B. Fagg, eminent historian of Nigerian art, came to the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool, UK, as early as 1892 (note that Macdonald arrived in the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1891).
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Identifier:
EEPA.1996-019
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d806ce75-6440-497d-84e7-0261f2aaa840
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1996-019

British colonial officers on board S.S. Bathurst

Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Date:
ca. 1890s
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "On board S.S. Bathurst. Officers board for Benin Punitive Expedition."
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
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. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0001
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78b80bf6e-ab31-41fd-b4bc-2fd8b081b2ec
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref507

Chief Dore's war canoe at port, Sapele

Creator:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Sapele (Nigeria)
Date:
1895
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "Government Hulk- George Shelton and big Canoe." This print also appears in the W.H. Himbury Photographic Album, EEPA 1995-0024-046 with the caption "Chief Dore's war canoe and Vice Consulate Hulk Sapelli [Sapele], Benin N.C.P. [Niger Coast Protectorate]."
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
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. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0021
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7169cc861-658d-4c8f-afd9-accc28ec2ade
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref527

Portrait of the King of Benin

Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Date:
ca. 1890s
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "The king of Benin." Portrait of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
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. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0022
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a9e72f65-9bbf-4fde-b4a3-4e9504a4920b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref528

View of spring, Bonny

Creator:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Bonny (Nigeria)
Date:
ca. 1890s
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "The Spring. Bonny." Appears in "African Photographer J.A. Green" edited by Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson, page 233. Print also held by The Trustees of the British Museum, 1st Benin Album, Af,A46.89.
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
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. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0027
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75a88efc8-90af-4d3b-ae6a-18bcc395f9b9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref533

Portrait of the King of Benin

Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Date:
ca. 1890s
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "The king of Benin." Portrait of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
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. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0037
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79fd3c4b1-1010-4bfb-9093-a768794dd258
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref543

Portrait of the King of Benin

Creator:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Date:
1897
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "The king of Benin." Portrait of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
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. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0038
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7540f9450-1aa1-4b25-9ab7-3e8dca6baaa7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref544

Temple erected in memory of King Mneke of Kwa Ibo, Kiofe

Creator:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Date:
ca. 1895
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "Erection in Memory of a Chief hinterland, N.C.P. [Niger Coast Protectorate]." Appears in the W.H. Himbury Photographic Album, EEPA 1995-0024-049. Published in "African Photographer J.A. Green" edited by Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson, page 238-239 with description, "Appears in at least five expatriate albums...Captions describe is as a pagan temple and a 'Juju or Fetish house.' Himbury correctly notes that it was built in memory of a hunterland chief. [Felix] Norman-Roth identifies the chief as King Mneke of Qua Ibo, and [Gertie] Webster names the location as Kiofe. Although she places it near Benin, Kiofe is an Ibibio town."
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
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. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0055
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75c364bde-73c4-4afe-a5c3-b585fe429175
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref561

The Benin King under guard

Creator:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Date:
ca. 1897
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "The Benin King [Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi] under guard on board S.Y. [Steam Yacht] "Ivy." Published in "African Photographer J.A. Green" edited by Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson, on page 164 as a hand-colored collotype postcard.
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
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. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0057
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75ea526a5-c6a3-4ae6-8896-15b0da1844e8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref563

Group portrait of officers, Old Calabar

Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Old Calabar (Nigeria)
Date:
1899
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "Officers Benin Punitive Expedition, 1899"
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
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. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0066
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bb943422-2c9d-4e51-89a6-12e738be58b0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref572

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