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Creator:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.) Office of Registration  Search this
Subject:
Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
A Human Ideal in African Art: Bamana Figurative Sculpture (Exhibition) (1986: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Africa Illustrated: Fantasy and Reality Before 1900 (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Art Today: Four Major Artists (Exhibition) (1974: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Art as Philosophy (Exhibition) (1974-1975: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Art in Color (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Art in Washington Collections (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Art in the Cycle of Life (Exhibition) (1987-1988: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Emblems of Status (Exhibition) (1982-1983: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Hair Sculpture and Barber Shop Signs (Exhibition) (1975: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Islam (Exhibition) (1983-1984: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Mankala (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Masterpieces from the Musee de l'Homme (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire (Exhibition) (1991-1992: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Sculpture (Exhibition) (1971: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Style: Art of Zaire (Exhibition) (1978: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Weaving Pulleys (Exhibition) (1974-1975: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
African Weaving and Traditional Dress (Exhibition) (1975: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Art from Zaire: 100 Masterworks from the National Collection (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Art from the Forge: Tuareg Metalwork (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Astonishment and Power: Kongo Minkisi and the Art of Renee Stout (Exhibition) (1993-1994: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Beaded Splendor (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Ben Shahn on Human Rights (Exhibition) (1968: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual (Exhibition) (1982-1983: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Children of Africa (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Contemporary African Art (Exhibition) (1974: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Contemporary Nigerian Pottery (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Contemporary Tapestries from Senegal (Exhibition) (1978: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Dar al-Islam: Art, Life, and Cultures of the Islamic World (Proposed exhibition)  Search this
Dreaming the Other World (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Echoes of the Kalabari: Sculpture by Sokari Douglas Camp (Exhibition) (1988-1989: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Elmina: Art and Trade on the West African Coast (Exhibition) (1992-1993: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Ethiopia: The Christian Art of an African Nation (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Ethiopian Paintings (Exhibition) (1969-1970: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Face of the Spirits: Masks from the Zaire Basin (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Go Well, My Child: Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee in Collaboration with Alan Paton (Exhibition) (1985-1986: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Gold of Africa: Jewelry and Ornaments from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
History, Context, and Materials: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the National Museum of African Art (Exhibition) (1985-1986: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Images from Bamum: German Colonial Photography at the Court of King Njoya, Cameroon, West Africa, 1902-1915 (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Images of Power and Identity (Exhibition) (1992-2004: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Kalabari Ancestral Screens: Levels of Meaning (Exhibition) (1988-1989: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Life . . . Afterlife: African Funerary Sculpture (Exhibition) (1981: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Literary Works of Leopold Senghor (Exhibition) (1978: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Maasai (Exhibition) (1981: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Objects of Use (Exhibition) (1987-1988: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Okakagbe: Contemporary Art for a Masking Tradition (Exhibition) (1981: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Paintings by Edward Mitchell Bannister (Exhibition) (1967: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Paramount Chiefs of Sierra Leone: Photographic Portraits by Vera Viditz-Ward (Exhibition) (1990-1991: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Patterns and Forms (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Patterns of Life: West African Strip-Weaving Traditions (Exhibition) (1987-1988: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Praise Poems: The Katherine White Collection (Exhibition) (1984-1985: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Puppets from West Africa: Mali, Nigeria, Guinea (Exhibition) (1980: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Purpose and Perfection: Pottery as a Woman's Art in Central Africa (Exhibition) (1992-1997: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Recent Acquisitions/New Directions (Exhibition) (1992-1993: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Religious Art of Ethiopia (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Shoowa Design: Raffia Textiles from Zaire (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Tanner/Sorge (Exhibition) (1975)  Search this
The African Desert, 1975-1977: Photographs by Bernard Plossu (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
The Ancient West African City of Benin, A.D. 1300-1897 (Exhibition) (1995-2004: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
The Art of the Personal Object (Exhibition) (1991-2007: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
The Essential Gourd (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
The Language of African Art (Exhibition) (1976-1978: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
The Permanent Collection of the National Museum of African Art (Exhibition) (1987-1992: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
The Rising of a New Moon: A Century of Tabwa Art (Exhibition) (1986: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
The Sculptor's Eye: The African Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross (Traveling exhibition)  Search this
The Stranger Among Us (Exhibition) (1982: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Traditional African Art from the Peabody Museum, Harvard University (Exhibition) (1966: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Traditional Art of the Nigerian Peoples: The Ratner Collection (Exhibition) (1977-1978: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Traditional Sculpture from Upper Volta (Exhibition) (1979: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Treasures from the Smithsonian Institution (Exhibition) (1984: Edinburgh, Scotland)  Search this
Treasures of Ancient Nigeria: Legacy of 2000 Years (Exhibition) (1980-1981: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Tribute to Africa: The Photography and the Collection of Eliot Elisofon (Exhibition) (1974: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Useful Arts of Kenya (Exhibition) (1979-1980: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
West African Images (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
A Cloth of Honor (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
Type:
Manuscripts
Collection descriptions
Brochures
Clippings
Floor plans
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Date:
1964
1964-1995
Notes:
Folder List in accession file.
Electronic List in accession file.
For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization:
Chronologic
Summary:
This accession documents loan and exhibition records from the Office of Registration. Files include incoming and outgoing loans, temporary custodies, exhibition documentation, and correspondence. Exhibitions represented include "Images of Power and Identity;" "The Ancient West African City of Benin, A.D. 1300-1897;" "Images from Bamum: German Colonial Photography at the Court of King Njoya, Cameroon, West Africa, 1902-1915;" "Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa;" "African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire;" "Africa Illustrated: Fantasy and Reality before 1900;" "Purpose and Perfection: Pottery as a Woman's Art in Central Africa;" "Elmina: Art and Trade on the West African Coast;" "Astonishment and Power: Kongo Minkisi and the Art of Renee Stout;" "Dreaming the Other World;" "Beaded Splendor;" "Go Well, My Child: Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee in Collaboration with Alan Paton;" "Traditional African Art from the Peabody Museum, Harvard University;" "Paintings by Edward Mitchell Bannister;" "Ben Shahn on Human Rights;" "Ethiopian Paintings;" "African Sculpture;" "Contemporary Nigerian Pottery;" "African Art in Washington Collections;" "Tribute to Africa: The Photography and the Collection of Eliot Elisofon;" "African Art as Philosophy;" "Contemporary African Art;" "African Art Today: Four Major Artists;" "African Weaving Pulleys;" "African Hair Sculpture and Barber Shop Signs;" "Tanner/Sorge;" "African Weaving and Traditional Dress;" "The Sculptor's Eye: African Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross;" "Children of Africa;" "Art from Zaire: 100 Masterworks from the National Collection;" "The Language of African Art;" "Traditional Art of the Nigerian Peoples: The Ratner Collection;" "Religious Art of Ethiopia;" "Contemporary Tapestries from Senegal;" "Literary Works of Leopold Senghor;" "African Style: Art of Zaire (The Bronson Collection);" "Traditional Sculpture from the Upper Volta;" "Useful Arts of Kenya;" "Puppets from West Africa: Mali, Nigeria, Guinea;" "Treasures of Ancient Nigeria: Legacy of 2000 Years;" "Okakagbe: Contemporary Art for a Masking Tradition;" "Maasai;" "Life...Afterlife: African Funerary Sculpture;" "Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual;" "The Stranger Among Us;" "African Emblems of Status;" "African Art in Color;" "African Islam;" "African Mankala;" "Ethiopia: The Christian Art of an African Nation;" "West African Images;" "Patterns and Forms;" "Praise Poems: The Katherine White Collection;" "African Masterpieces from the Musee de l'Homme;" "Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos;" "History, Context, Materials: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the National Museum of Africa Art;" "The Rising of a New Moon: A Century of Tabwa Art;" "A Human Ideal in African Art: Bamana Figurative Sculpture;" "The Permanent Collection of the National Museum of African Art;" "Patterns of Life: West African Strip-Weaving Traditions;" "Objects of Use;" "Shoowa Design: Raffia Textiles from Zaire;" "Kalabari Ancestral Screens: Levels of Meaning;" "Echoes of the Kalabari; Sculpture by Sokari Douglas Camp;" "African Art in the Cycle of Life;" "The Art of Personal Object;" "Gold of Africa: Jewelry and Ornaments from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal;" "Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments;" "The Essential Gourd;" "Treasures from the Smithsonian Institution;" "The African Desert, 1975-1977: Photographs by Bernard Plossu;" "Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought;" "Paramount Chiefs of Sierra Leone: Photographic Portraits by Vera Viditz-Ward;" "A Cloth of Honor;" "Recent Acquisitions/New Directions;" "Face of the Spirits: Masks from the Zaire Basin;" "Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa;" and "Art from the Forge: Tuareg Metalwork." Also included are materials on the canceled exhibition "Dar al-Islam: Art, Life and Cultures of the Islamic World." Materials include loan agreements and documentation; correspondence; checklists; notes; articles; brochures; clippings; floor plans; and photographs, contact sheets, negatives, and slides. Some materials were created when the museum was known as the Museum of African Art.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Topic:
Art museums  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Museum loans  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 12-002
See more items in:
Loan and Exhibition Files 1963-1999 [National Museum of African Art (U.S.) Office of Registration]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_311587