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Dans la brousse africaine, au Dahomey-Borghou / D. Pierre de Pedrals

Author:
Pedrals, Denis Pierre de 1911-  Search this
Physical description:
245 p., [17] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., col. map. : 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Benin
Date:
1946
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DT541.42 .P37 1946
DT541.42.P37 1946
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_285841
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Vodoun et litterature au Bénin

Author:
Médiohouan, Guy Ossito  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Date:
1993
Topic:
Vodun (Cult) in literature  Search this
Oral tradition  Search this
Call number:
DT19.9.C2 C21
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_541913
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Calendrier agraire et religieux au Bas-Dahomey

Author:
Tidjani, Abdou Serpos  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1951
Topic:
Calendar, Fon  Search this
Fon religious calendars  Search this
Fon seasons  Search this
Call number:
DT471 .I5 1945Z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_547917
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King Glèlè of Danhomè. Part one, Divination portraits of a lion king and man of iron

Author:
Blier, Suzanne Preston  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Glèlè King of Dahomey  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1990
Topic:
Fon divination  Search this
Kings and rulers  Search this
Lions in African art  Search this
Call number:
N1 .A258
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_519222
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Fragments sur le Dahomey [juin 1933] / Michel Leiris

Author:
Leiris, Michel 1901-1990  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2015
1933
Topic:
Legba (Cult)  Search this
Legba (Fon deity)  Search this
Fon sacred objects  Search this
Call number:
GN308.3.A35 C34 2015
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098104
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Dahomey's Vodun and Kongo's Yowa : the survival of West and Central African traditional cosmologies in African America / La Vinia Delois Jennings

Author:
Jennings, La Vinia Delois  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Vodun (Cult) Influence  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2008
Topic:
Kongo ideograms  Search this
Kongo symbols  Search this
Call number:
PS3563.O8749 Z7 2008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1099590
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Republic of Benin (former Dahomey)

Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2017
Topic:
Asen  Search this
Altars, Fon  Search this
Call number:
N5310.7 .A784
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1086562
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Dahomey : the warrior kings / Philip Koslow

Author:
Koslow, Philip  Search this
Physical description:
63 p. : ill., map ; 22 x 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Benin
Date:
1997
C1997
To 1894
Topic:
History  Search this
Juvenile literature  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_507595
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J. W. LeDuc 08 January 1968 - 22 May 1969

Collection name:
Division of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution African Mammal Project, 1961 - 1972
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Benin
Ghana
Côte d'Ivoire
Togo
Date Range:
1968-1969
Start Date:
19680108
End Date:
19690522
Topic:
Mammalogy  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 12-444
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Division of Mammals at 202-633-1253 to make an appointment.
See more records from this collection:
Division of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution African Mammal Project, 1961 - 1972
See more records associated with this person:
LeDuc, James W.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI5121
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Les féticheurs du Dahomey / Henry-Georges

Author:
Georges, Henry  Search this
Physical description:
222 p. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Benin
Date:
1934
[1934?]
Topic:
Fiction  Search this
Call number:
PQ2613.E64 F419 1934
PQ2613.E64F419 1934
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_295060
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Belief, legitimacy and the Kpojito : an institutional history of the "Queen Mother" in precolonial Dahomey

Author:
Bay, Edna G  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Date:
1995
Topic:
Queens  Search this
History  Search this
Queen mothers  Search this
Women, Fon  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .J858
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_505029
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Wirtschaft und Herrschaft von "Dãxome" (Dahomey) im 18. Jahrhundert : (Ökonomie d. Sklavenraubs u. Gesellschaftsstruktur 1724-1818 ; verbunden mit Untersuchungen über Verwendung u. Bestimmung d. Begriffe Klasse, Macht u. Religion in diesem Kontext) / Georg Elwert

Author:
Elwert, Georg  Search this
Physical description:
v, 206 p. : ill., map. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Benin
Date:
1973
Topic:
Slave trade  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
DT541.65.E48 1973X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_282586
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Building the state in Dahomey : power and landscape on the Bight of Benin J. Cameron Monroe

Author:
Monroe, J. Cameron  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Abomey
Abomey (Benin)
Date:
2012
Topic:
Fon royal palaces  Search this
Royal palaces  Search this
History  Search this
Archaeology and history  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Call number:
DT476 .P68 2012
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_994828
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De la chute du roi Béhanzin et de ce qu'il advint du butin

Author:
Biton, Marlène-Michèle  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Behanzin King of Dahomey 1841-1906  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
France
Paris
Benin
Date:
2010
Topic:
Kings and rulers  Search this
Art, Fon  Search this
Colonization  Search this
Call number:
DT541.63.F8 B58 2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_984916
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Everyday life of slaves in Northern Dahomey : the process of remembering / Christine Hardung

Author:
Hardung, Christine  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Date:
2002
Topic:
Fula (African people)--Genealogy  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Slaveholders  Search this
Slave descendants  Search this
Collective memory  Search this
Call number:
PL8000.A1 A253
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1110330
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Dahomey, our next door neighbor

Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Date:
1961
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT515.A1 N68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_594648
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Travel engravings and the construction of the primitive / Christopher B. Steiner

Author:
Steiner, Christopher Burghard  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Bry, Johann Theodor de 1561-1623?  Search this
Dalzel, Archibald History of Dahomey, an inland kingdom of Africa  Search this
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
Africa
Date:
1995
Topic:
Africans  Search this
Illustration of books  Search this
Illustrated travel literature  Search this
Dance--Illustrations  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art  Search this
Drum--Illustrations  Search this
Exoticism in art  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Illustrations  Search this
Call number:
GN345 .P74 1995X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_599053
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Pour une reconnaissance africaine : Dahomey 1930 : des images au service d'une idée, Albert Kahn (1860-1940) et le Père Aupiais (1877-1945)

Title:
Dahomey 1930
Author:
Beausoleil, Jeanne  Search this
Musée Albert Kahn  Search this
Subject:
Aupiais, Francis 1877-1945 Exhibitions  Search this
Musée Albert Kahn Exhibitions  Search this
Physical description:
259 p., [2] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 29 x 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Benin
Date:
1996
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Call number:
DT541.4 .P68 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_562486
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History told on walls [videorecording] / an A.C.V. production for the Getty Conservation Institute ; writer/producer/director, Pedro Pablo Celedón

Author:
Celedón, Pedro Pablo  Search this
Steffens, Roger  Search this
Clarke, Stanley  Search this
Afshar, Mahasti Ziai  Search this
Getty Conservation Institute  Search this
A.C.V. (Firm)  Search this
Physical description:
1 videocassette (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
Type:
Videorecordings
Place:
Benin
Abomey
Date:
1997
C1997
Topic:
Bas-relief--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Museums  Search this
Art, Fon  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
Video 000364
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_544530
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Slave-raiders and middlemen, monopolists and free-traders : the supply of slaves for the Atlantic trade in Dahomey, c.1715-1850

Author:
Law, Robin  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Date:
1988
Topic:
Slave traders  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .J858
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_530374

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