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"Fils à double tête" and copper-based ingots : copper money-objects at the time of the Sahelian empires of ancient Ghana and Mali

Author:
Garenne-Marot, Laurence  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, West
Aoudaghost (Extinct city)
Kumbi (Extinct city)
Date:
2009
Topic:
Rod money  Search this
Copper alloys  Search this
Copper alloy ingots  Search this
Coppersmithing  Search this
Call number:
HG1322 .M66 2009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_969860

"L'Afrique Occidentale Française" photographs

Extent:
22 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 15.5 x 24.5 cm.)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Mauritania
Burkina Faso
Togo
Sudan
Côte d'Ivoire
Dakar (Senegal)
Africa
Niger
Guinea
Date:
1934
Summary:
Twenty-two of thirty photographs published in the picture book entitled, L'Afrique Occidentale Française, by Librairie de l'enseignement, Paris, 1934. The book was the twenty-first book in a series of thirty-six picture books. The images are numbered 601 through 530. Missing image numbers are 604, 606, 607, 608, 609, 612, 613 and 625.
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:
Black-and-white photographs
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.2002-003
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74a180408-9146-4f33-aaf7-ed5215eb98d5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2002-003

(Online) On Joy: Artist Talk with Derrick Adams

Creator:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2022-02-04T14:17:07.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, modern  Search this
See more by:
hirshhornmuseum
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
YouTube Channel:
hirshhornmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_GRWdRgLJS2A

10fr Mauri Couple single

Title:
Scott Catalogue Mauritania 107
Medium:
paper; ink; adhesive
Dimensions:
Height x Width: 1 9/16 x 1 in. (4 x 2.5 cm)
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
Mauritania (part of French West Africa)
Date:
1938
Topic:
International Stamps & Mail  Search this
Object number:
2011.2005.673
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
On View:
Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8d80a9681-f15c-4ec1-8cb9-10cf2a857357
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2011.2005.673

115 Special Project Files, 1971: Fudali, M-3, Field Investigation to Two Probable Meteorite Craters in Mauritania

Container:
Box 21 of 53
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 197, National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director, Records
See more items in:
Records
Records / Series 4: Records of the Director's Office, NMNH, 1971 [related records, 1970, 1972] / Box 21
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0197-refidd1e3017

35um 10th Anniversary of FIDA single

Title:
Scott Catalogue Mauritania 640
Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithography
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
MAURITANIA (islamic republic)
Date:
December 7, 1988
Topic:
International Stamps & Mail  Search this
Object number:
1990.0517.7688
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8675211d0-4f6a-4300-bc71-12d58e8f9d93
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1990.0517.7688

4f Fennecs single

Title:
Scott Catalogue Mauritania 123
Medium:
paper; ink; adhesive
Dimensions:
Height x Width: 1 x 1 9/16 in. (2.5 x 4 cm)
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
MAURITANIA (islamic republic)
Date:
1960
Topic:
International Stamps & Mail  Search this
Object number:
2011.2005.672
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
On View:
Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8a439e5a6-a89a-44d8-a57c-280822247265
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2011.2005.672

An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species

Title:
Essay on equality citing the poems of Phillis Wheatley
Written by:
Samuel Stanhope Smith, American, 1751 - 1819  Search this
Subject of:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Published by:
J. Simpson & Co., American  Search this
Williams and Whiting, American  Search this
Printed by:
L. Deare, American  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 8 7/8 × 5 3/4 × 1 7/16 in. (22.6 × 14.6 × 3.7 cm)
Type:
essays
hardcover books
Place printed:
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1810
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.18
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ae73d940-c763-48f0-929f-b801a3a4ba0e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.18
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Freedomways Vol. 13 No. 1

Published by:
Freedomways Associates, Inc., American, 1961 - 1985  Search this
Edited by:
John Henrik Clarke, American, 1915 - 1998  Search this
Jack O'Dell, American, 1923 - 2019  Search this
Ernest D. Kaiser, American, born 1916  Search this
Esther Cooper Jackson, American, born 1917  Search this
John Devine  Search this
Written by:
E. C. Foster, American, born 1939  Search this
Loyle Hairston, American, 1926 - 2009  Search this
George W. Crockett Jr., American, 1909 - 1997  Search this
Kamal Boullata, Palestinian, 1942 - 2019  Search this
Michel Charlot, French  Search this
Tim Thomas  Search this
Charles B. McMillan  Search this
Illustrated by:
Leopoldo Méndez, Mexican, 1902 - 1969  Search this
Subject of:
Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976  Search this
Southern University at New Orleans, American, founded 1956  Search this
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, American, 1875 - 1950  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 9 × 6 1/16 × 5/16 in. (22.9 × 15.4 × 0.8 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Palestine, Asia
Date:
1973
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
Art  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
French colonialism  Search this
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this
International affairs  Search this
Language  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Politics  Search this
Slavery  Search this
U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Maurice Jackson
Object number:
2021.20.13
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5abe75799-9bf0-4aa9-b75b-0baf70d88a09
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.20.13
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Freedomways Vol. 9 No. 4

Published by:
Freedomways Associates, Inc., American, 1961 - 1985  Search this
Edited by:
John Henrik Clarke, American, 1915 - 1998  Search this
Esther Cooper Jackson, American, born 1917  Search this
Jack O'Dell, American, 1923 - 2019  Search this
John Devine  Search this
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Catlett, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012  Search this
Brumsic Brandon Jr., American, 1927 - 2014  Search this
Written by:
Ernest D. Kaiser, American, born 1916  Search this
Augusta Strong, American, 1934 - 1976  Search this
Mari Evans, American, 1923 - 2017  Search this
Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett, American, 1914 - 1997  Search this
Dr. W. D. Wright, American, born 1936  Search this
Edward P. Dozier, 1916 - 1971  Search this
Subject of:
Chief Joseph, 1840 - 1904  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 9 1/16 × 6 1/16 × 1/4 in. (23 × 15.4 × 0.7 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Viet Nam, Asia
Date:
1969
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Caricature and cartoons  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
Language  Search this
Literature  Search this
Medicine  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Politics  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Maurice Jackson
Object number:
2021.20.7
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
American Indian Movements
Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd548b766a2-01ac-4404-ab67-804f6bf07135
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.20.7
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A German barber-surgeon in the Atlantic slave trade the seventeenth-century journal of Johann Peter Oettinger edited and translated by Craig Koslofsky and Roberto Zaugg

Author:
Oettinger, Johann Peter 1666-1746  Search this
Translator:
Koslofsky, Craig  Search this
Zaugg, Roberto  Search this
Physical description:
lxxxvii, 131 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm
Type:
Diaries
Journaux intimes
Diary
History
Place:
Atlantic Ocean Region
Germany
Atlantique, Région de l'
Allemagne
Africa
Caribbean Region
Afrique
Date:
2020
17th century
17e siècle
Topic:
Slave trade--History  Search this
Slave ships--History  Search this
Surgeons  Search this
Barbers  Search this
Medicine--History  Search this
Barber Surgeons  Search this
Enslavement--history  Search this
History, 17th Century  Search this
Esclaves--Commerce--Histoire  Search this
Négriers (Navires)--Histoire  Search this
Chirurgiens  Search this
Coiffeurs  Search this
Barbiers-chirurgiens  Search this
Médecine--Histoire  Search this
Slave ships  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156785

A Mauritanian heirloom

Author:
Grumpert, Anita  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Mauritania
Date:
1997
Topic:
Bead necklaces  Search this
Call number:
NK5440.B34 B36
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_528013

A cine nomad in Paris : interview with Abderrahmane Sissako / by Emile Fallaux

Author:
Sissako, Abderrahmane  Search this
Fallaux, Emile  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Sissako, Abderrahmane  Search this
Type:
Articles
Interviews
Place:
Mauritania
Date:
2004
Topic:
Filmmakers  Search this
Call number:
NX1 .N737
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_764166

A history of race in Muslim West Africa, 1600-1960 / Bruce S. Hall

Author:
Hall, Bruce S  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 335 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
2011
Topic:
Black people--History  Search this
Black race--History  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
Islam and culture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_972216

A hymn to dignity

Author:
Balogun, Françoise  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Hondo, Med 1936- Sarraounia  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Mauritania
Date:
1986
Topic:
Filmmakers  Search this
Motion pictures  Search this
Call number:
DT491 .W516
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_513887

A tale of two cities : on the capital of Ghâna : the Aoukar, present-day Mauritania, around 1068 / François-Xavier Fauvelle

Author:
Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Ghana (Empire)
Kumbi (Extinct city)
Date:
2018
Call number:
DT25 .F3813 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113859

A thirst for knowledge : Arabic literacy, writing paper and Saharan bibliophiles in the southwestern Sahara

Author:
Lydon, Ghislaine  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Sahara
Africa
Date:
2011
Topic:
Literacy  Search this
Writing  Search this
Book industries and trade  Search this
Islamic learning and scholarship  Search this
Paper  Search this
Manuscripts, Arabic  Search this
Call number:
Z106.5.A3554 T73 2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_973511

A wreck in the Sahara : central Mauritania, the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries / François-Xavier Fauvelle

Author:
Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Mauritania
Maʼadin Ijafen Site (Mauritania)
Date:
2018
Topic:
Caravans  Search this
Cowries  Search this
Metal rods  Search this
Call number:
DT25 .F3813 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113875

Abderrahmane Sissako : pour l'amour du hasard, il faut partir = Abderrahamne Sissako : you have to go for the love of chance

Author:
Sissako, Abderrahmane  Search this
Speciale, Alessandra  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Sissako, Abderrahmane  Search this
Type:
Articles
Interviews
Place:
Mauritania
Date:
1998
Topic:
Filmmakers  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.A35 E27X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_680416

Acanthephyra pelagica

Collector:
R. H. Backus  Search this
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  Search this
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean  Search this
Vessel:
Atlantis II R/V  Search this
Depth (m):
480 - 500
Preparation:
Alcohol (Ethanol)
Place:
Mauritania, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
13 Nov 1970
Published Name:
Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816)
USNM Number:
163492
See more items in:
Invertebrate Zoology
Arthropoda
Woods Hole (Judkins) collection
Data Source:
NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37182a93c-57d2-41cc-9495-8ecc9411d730
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_123137

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