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Female figures

Object Name:
ere ibeji
Maker:
Yoruba artist  Search this
Medium:
Wood, glass beads, metal, pigment, cloth, plant fiber
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 26.7 x 45.7 x 8.3 cm (10 1/2 x 18 x 3 1/4 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Oyo State, Nigeria
Date:
Early to mid-20th century
Topic:
Commemorative  Search this
bird  Search this
Leadership  Search this
Ancestral  Search this
Shrine/Altar  Search this
Female use  Search this
twin  Search this
geometric motif  Search this
male  Search this
female  Search this
Credit Line:
Museum purchase
Object number:
92-3-1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Museum of African Art Collection
On View:
NMAfA, Pavilion Gallery
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7d0981f72-0675-41af-a98b-193c8a77d56f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_92-3-1

Wooden Yoruba Doll

Collector:
Miss Janet Stone  Search this
Donor Name:
Miss Janet Stone  Search this
Length - Object:
21.5 cm
Width - Object:
6 cm
Height - Object:
1.5 cm
Culture:
Yoruba  Search this
Object Type:
Doll
Place:
Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
15 Jun 1989
Collection Date:
1964
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
361235
USNM Number:
E423516-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34ca3fc68-a1cc-4203-abbe-9f989330615b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8456554
Online Media:

Yoruba Dolls

Collection Photographer:
Blackmun, Barbara Winston  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Date:
circa 1981-1994
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details. Items 1234-1256 restricted. Available to view onsite only.
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.
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Barbara Blackmun Collection, EEPA 2016-012, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0158
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Barbara Blackmun Collection
Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 1: Museum Objects / Figures / Jos Museum, Jos, Nigeria
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a601bf87-bc29-42b9-a7d3-dcf86a7dde1a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2016-012-ref4424

Sales Register

Collection Creator:
Oldman, W. O. (William Ockleford), 1879-1949  Search this
Extent:
255 Digital images
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Date:
1904-1910
Collection Restrictions:
Digital access only. For physical access see the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa website. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/4913
Collection Rights:
Copyright in the business records is owned by the Estate of W. O. Oldman represented by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Media Licensing, at: mediasalesandlicensing@tepapa.govt.nz.

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Collection Citation:
William Ockleford Oldman Archive research materials, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.RM.001, Item CA000228/001/0001
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William Ockleford Oldman Archive research materials
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv495851c08-25ab-46cf-bcef-f74451b11837
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-rm-001-ref1
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Collection Ledger: 1 to 33668

Collection Creator:
Oldman, W. O. (William Ockleford), 1879-1949  Search this
Extent:
899 Digital images
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Date:
1902-1916
Collection Restrictions:
Digital access only. For physical access see the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa website. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/4913
Collection Rights:
Copyright in the business records is owned by the Estate of W. O. Oldman represented by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Media Licensing, at: mediasalesandlicensing@tepapa.govt.nz.

For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changedand the source of the image is identified as the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa/National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Citation:
William Ockleford Oldman Archive research materials, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.RM.001, Item CA000231/001/0001
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William Ockleford Oldman Archive research materials
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4a6e65253-9184-400e-8ed3-57da42e8ab56
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-rm-001-ref6
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Works of art in situ

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
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1971
Scope and Contents:
British Museum Igbo-Ora 2 carved bells on chain with chain L. being 28", 2 smaller masks carved on head, figure of woman and child carved separately. L=20.2, H of separate piece=12.2". (1942) [Igbo-Oro style possibly] See 10-1, 10-11 which are probably done by same carver. Broken projection probably had duplicate of remaining one. Smaller heads (flattened as in Aquaba dolls, Ghana) in front and back may indicate this was a mask assoc. w/ibeji. Carved bells have cowrie motif on them. [index card notes p11]. The date on the slide is JUL 71.
Local Numbers:
10-2

I 2 YRB 71
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
Art in situ -- Photographs  Search this
Works of art in situ  Search this
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 1992-028-00230
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Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection
Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection / Nigeria / 1971
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo775b8cc90-f9f5-4f07-b8b9-cd5266885f9d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref860

[Yoruba Doll] (I.B. #302)

Collection Creator:
Brinkworth, William Ian  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
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.
Collection Citation:
William Ian Brinkworth collection, 2008-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0363
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William Ian Brinkworth collection
William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / Various - Described by Brinkworth on Cassette Tapes 6 & 7
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71bc1841a-396e-4bc8-9661-16392e32c815
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2008-009-ref1742

Decorated doll on wicker chair, Nigeria

Creator:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Scope and Contents:
Original text on slide reads, "Decorated doll on wicker chair"
Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. To make a research appointment, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. For terms of use, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
Dolls in art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0314
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Ceremonial offerings
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74206a6ff-8e3f-4182-b27d-095a6bd34ea6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref1890

Mad woman seated on North side of Main road, Ikenne, Nigeria

Creator:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Date:
1973-10-23
Scope and Contents:
Original text on slide reads, "Mad woman seated on North side of Main road watching procession of Christian funeral. Klindt thinks this is the same woman who he saw dead on the road to Ijebu several days later. She has a plastic doll for a baby. Tuesday afternoon"
General:
Slide No. SL13-3
Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. To make a research appointment, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. For terms of use, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
Dolls  Search this
Collection Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1303
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Field Slides in Ikenne, Akio / Life in Ikenne
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ec1efb20-5773-4815-a9cf-8c1b1065a9d0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref2927

Twin baby dolls, Nigeria

Creator:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Date:
2000-10-26
Scope and Contents:
Original text on slide reads, "Twin baby dolls"
Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. To make a research appointment, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. For terms of use, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
Dolls  Search this
Collection Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1740
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Souvenir replicas
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7749935af-e0dc-417b-8c68-f0cc5e2ca7b8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref3387

Side of Esu Eshu shrine showing Vodoun dolls, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Creator:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Date:
1989-04-29
Scope and Contents:
Original text on slide reads, "Side of Esu Eshu shrine showing Vodoun dolls in Oyotunji village"
General:
Slide No. R1-25
Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. To make a research appointment, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. For terms of use, contact Archives staff at elisofonarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
Shrines  Search this
Collection Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1859
See more items in:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Oyotunji Village, Sheldon, South Carolina
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7252f4458-01dd-49aa-92aa-6d5515bedb10
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref3510

Fruchtbarkeits Figuren-Vermittler von Lebenskraft

Author:
Wernz, Heike  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1987
Topic:
Akua'mma  Search this
Mossi dolls  Search this
Twins in art  Search this
Yoruba anthropomorphic sculpture  Search this
Call number:
NK1087.6.U6 R94 1987
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_519324

Africa is My Home

Collection Film distributor:
Pennsylvania State University. Audio-Visual Services  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (21 minutes, black-and-white sound; 770 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1960
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced in cooperation with the Teacher Training College at Issele-Uku, Western Region, Nigeria, is a fictionalized account of a young Ibo girl growing up in Nigeria as the country gains independence and begins to establish itself as a modern state. The "old Nigeria" of mud huts, carved wooden dolls and ju-ju worship gives way to Christianity, higher education and modern cities. Included are scenes of daily life in a rural village (going to market, gathering water, washing clothes and children in school) and Ibadan and the University College of Ibadan. Historical footage shows Nigerian Independence Day, Abubakar Tafawabalewa with retinue, the Governor General of Nigeria reviewing troops and handing over the reins of government to Tafawabalewa. Sound track features traditional songs and Christian hymns sung in a variety of Nigerian languages.

Legacy Keywords: J. Michael Hagopian Ph.D. ; South America ; Nigeria ; Igbo (African people) ; Hausa (African people) ; Yoruba (African people)
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1994.19.7
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Penn State educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Penn State educational film collection
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc90d77aef0-2f1e-4852-addd-602e4206d4c6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1994-19-ref3

Black Europe / by Jeffrey Green, Rainer E. Lotz and Howard Rye

Title:
Sounds and images of Black people in Europe pre-1927
Producer:
Green, Jeffrey P.  Search this
Lotz, Rainer E.  Search this
Rye, Howard  Search this
Author:
Bergmeier, Horst  Search this
Nowakowski, Konrad  Search this
Ziegler, Susanne  Search this
Mahrenholz, Hans-Jürgen  Search this
Stoecker, Holger  Search this
Performer:
Weeks, Seth  Search this
Davis, Belle  Search this
Woolf, Gipsy 1882-1986  Search this
Fields, Arabella 1879-  Search this
Zabriskie, Pete  Search this
Hampton, Pete  Search this
Bowman, Laura 1881-1957  Search this
Carlisle, George Horace 1883-1963  Search this
Wellmon, Harry  Search this
Johnson, Jack 1878-1946  Search this
Roberts, Bob 1885 or 1889-1926  Search this
Boyd, Joseph 1870-  Search this
Garland, Will 1878-1938  Search this
Jenkins, Edmund Thornton 1894-1926  Search this
Parker, Herbert Eugene 1896-  Search this
Mitchell, Louis A. 1885-1957  Search this
Dixon, Rudolph 1896-1944  Search this
Dove, Evelyn 1902-1987  Search this
Jones, Russell 1892-1959  Search this
Payne, John 1872-  Search this
Hayes, Roland 1887-1977  Search this
Stretton, Gordon  Search this
Boucher, James 1902-1973?  Search this
Granstaff, Earl 1893 or 1894-1929  Search this
Sissle, Noble 1889-1975  Search this
Blake, Eubie 1887-1983  Search this
Wooding, Sam 1895-1985  Search this
Briggs, Arthur 1899-1991  Search this
Caillaux, Pierre de  Search this
Pollard, Hughes 1892-1926  Search this
Baker, Josephine 1906-1975  Search this
Hednoff, Harry 1896-1982  Search this
Tessema Eshete 1876-1964  Search this
Ransome-Kuti, J. J (Josaiah Jesse) 1855-1930  Search this
Plaatje, Sol. T (Solomon Tshekisho) 1876-1932  Search this
Cole, M (Singer)  Search this
Martin, E. O.  Search this
Nathaniels, R. C. -1962  Search this
Solanke, Ladipo  Search this
Four Black Diamonds (Musical group)  Search this
Black Troubadours  Search this
Georgia Piccaninnies (Musical group)  Search this
Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra  Search this
Savoy Quartet  Search this
Versatile Four (Musical group)  Search this
Dan & Harvey's Jazz Band  Search this
Famous Broadway Band  Search this
Layton and Johnstone  Search this
Hatch and Carpenter  Search this
Four Harmony Kings  Search this
Author:
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel 1875-1912 Scenes from The song of Hiawatha Hiawatha's wedding feast Selections  Search this
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel 1875-1912 Songs op. 37 Elëanor  Search this
PhonotheÌ€que nationale (France)  Search this
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Lautarchiv  Search this
Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv  Search this
Exposition universelle ) (1900 : Paris, France)  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes : color illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 31 cm + 1 case of 44 sound discs (digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 CD-ROM (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Music
Folklore
Field recordings
Place:
Europe
Africa
Date:
2013
C2013, p2013
To 1921
1921-1930
Topic:
Black people  Search this
African Americans--Influence  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Music  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Ragtime music  Search this
String band music  Search this
Spirituals (Songs)  Search this
Jazz  Search this
Minstrel music  Search this
African languages  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1036702

Ọmọlangidi / Doig Simmonds, with research of Funlayo Adeleye

Author:
Simmonds, Doig  Search this
Adeleye, Funlayo  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Western
Date:
2002
Topic:
Yoruba dolls  Search this
Dolls--Social aspects  Search this
Wood-carving, Yoruba  Search this
Call number:
QL195.N5 A15X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1055194

The artists of the western kingdoms

Author:
Drewal, Henry John  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1989
Topic:
Gelede masks (Costume)  Search this
Pottery, Yoruba  Search this
Yoruba dolls  Search this
Call number:
N7399.N52 Y68 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_501875

African

Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Massachusetts
Wellesley
Date:
1993
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
African art collections  Search this
Call number:
N859.5 .A84 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_669862

Hair in African art and culture / edited by Roy Sieber and Frank Herreman ; with contributions by Niangi Batulukisi ... [et al.]

Author:
Sieber, Roy 1923-2001  Search this
Herreman, Frank  Search this
Niangi Batulukisi  Search this
Museum for African Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Africa
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
Hairstyles  Search this
Hair in art  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Sculpture, African  Search this
Call number:
GT2295.A35 H35 2000
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_593308

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