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Creator:

Cole, Herbert M  Search this

Collection Creator:

Cole, Herbert M  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Turkana (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Kenya

Date:

1973

Scope and Contents:

Photograph by Herbert Cole of Turkana men, Lomunyo, Kenya, 1973.

General:

Title source: Professor Herbert Cole, Department of Art History, University of California at Santa Barbara.

Citation source: Professor Herbert Cole, Department of Art History, University of California at Santa Barbara.

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.

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa  Search this

Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this

Animals in art -- Feathers, furs and skins  Search this

Body arts  Search this

Beadwork  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.2000-008, Item EEPA 2000-080174

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Herbert M. Cole photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7333c0b90-b103-4bcc-9e61-cff992efb134

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-008-ref681

Photographer:

Ravenhill, Philip L.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Ravenhill, Philip L.  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Bamana (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Mali

Date:

1989

Scope and Contents:

Cheko performance - masqueraded puppet of large animal, Inland Delta region, Mali. The date on the slide is June 1989.

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.

Topic:

Puppet theater  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Music  Search this

Musicians  Search this

Musical instruments  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1989-006, Item EEPA 1989-061011

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Philip L. Ravenhill photographs

Philip L. Ravenhill photographs / Bamana, Niger

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo730f8e2a7-d545-4cb8-acee-f121a6f48d2c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1989-006-ref1519

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

Translated original Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Pende. Kashungu on the Lubwe river."

De Sousberghe photographed door-panels at Kashungu (Central Pende). Architectural figures flanking the door of the chief's ritual house (kibulu) represent the chief's personal guard, and serve as spirit sentinels concerned with the chief alone while the rooftop sculpture, resting on the ritual pole, functions primarily to protect the village. These door-panels are called kenene among the Eastern Pende and pego among the Central Pende.

Local Numbers:

LS 157

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Crocodiles  Search this

Animals in art -- Lizards  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100156

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Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b160ba92-157b-4fc5-86e7-2d17bbee3e58

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref662

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1956

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, "Ngashi. Les Nioka = hommes-serpents." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Ngashi. The Nioka = snake-men."

In the 1910-30s, a series of older men among the Central Pende of the Democratic Republic of Congo invented and sold concessions to a revolutionary category of masks: "Mbuya jia Mafuzo". In serious decline by the 1950s, the "Mafuzo" masks have all but disappeared since independence in 1960. The largest subset of the "Mbuya jia Mafuzo" depict dangerous animals of the bush: the Cape buffalo, the leopard, the lion, the crocodile, the snake, the elephant. De Sousberghe photographed a performance of Nyoga at Ngashi (Central Pende) in 1956. Dancers usually appear as a pair, performing upright a synchronized, wriggling dance. The dancers do not wear headpieces or face masks. They rely on face-paint and distance to prevent identification.

Local Numbers:

LS 166

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Masquerades  Search this

Body arts  Search this

Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa  Search this

Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Snakes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100069

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Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo781992d63-50a0-413a-849a-910786cd1613

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref575

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1956

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Ngashi. Les Nioka = hommes-serpents." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Ngashi. The Nioka = snake-men."

In the 1910-30s, a series of older men among the Central Pende of the Democratic Republic of Congo invented and sold concessions to a revolutionary category of masks: "Mbuya jia Mafuzo". In serious decline by the 1950s, the "Mafuzo" masks have all but disappeared since independence in 1960. The largest subset of the "Mbuya jia Mafuzo" depict dangerous animals of the bush: the Cape buffalo, the leopard, the lion, the crocodile, the snake, the elephant. De Sousberghe photographed a performance of Nyoga at Ngashi (Central Pende) in 1956. Dancers usually appear as a pair, performing upright a synchronized, wriggling dance. The dancers do not wear headpieces or face masks. They rely on face-paint and distance to prevent identification.

Local Numbers:

LS 154

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Masquerades  Search this

Body arts  Search this

Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa  Search this

Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Snakes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100070

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f43bd259-bbb9-4180-9f3a-b0f71f2f5ce9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref576

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1953

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Case cheffale neuve du chef Yongo." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. The new ritual house of chief Yongo."

In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.

Local Numbers:

LS 016

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100081

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Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7af20b366-7683-4aa0-8810-7d32ad871684

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref587

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1953

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Case cheffale neuve du chef Yongo." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. The new ritual house of chief Yongo."

In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.

Local Numbers:

LS 017

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100082

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Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d9d3f823-c197-4900-a8b8-918fc811679f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref588

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1953

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Case neuve du chef Yongo ( à l'avant-plan)." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. The new ritual house of chief Yongo ( in the foreground)."

In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.

Local Numbers:

LS 018

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100083

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d6b36a4b-35d4-485b-8d0f-e8bdded02d9d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref589

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1953

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Case cheffale neuve du chef Yongo." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. The new ritual house of chief Yongo."

In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.

Local Numbers:

LS 020

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100084

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo782f894e2-686d-4598-a50e-4a9aabfe4fa2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref590

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1953

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Faîte de case cheffale neuve construite en un jour." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Akwa Mushinga. Rooftop of a new chief's ritual house built in one day."

In 1953, de Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Yongo's ritual house of the Mushinga chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (Khumbi) on top of a human figure. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.

Local Numbers:

LS 050

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100085

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Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c44e5480-1cca-4438-80b7-515dfd79eeff

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref591

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Case cheffale." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Chief's ritual house."

De Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Nyange's ritual house. This very rare rooftop sculpture was depicting a hyena (tshimbungu) covered with paint in check pattern. Among the Central and Eastern Pende, lower ranking chiefs would have a rooftop sculpture depicting an animal, resting directly on the ritual center pole.

Local Numbers:

LS 129

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Hyenas  Search this

Households  Search this

Calabashes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100130

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Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo726446288-5f9d-4987-9f1e-ae58aa92ff4c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref636

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Case cheffale." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Chief's ritual house."

De Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Nyange's ritual house. This very rare rooftop sculpture was depicting a hyena (tshimbungu) covered with paint in check pattern. Among the Central and Eastern Pende, lower ranking chiefs would have a rooftop sculpture depicting an animal, resting directly on the ritual center pole.

Local Numbers:

LS 117

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Hyenas  Search this

Households  Search this

Calabashes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100131

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a3f7baa4-5282-4bda-9578-40c81c7051cd

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref637

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Village Nyangi-Kimbun. Case cheffale." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Village of Nyangi-Kimbun. Chief's ritual house."

De Sousberghe photographed the rooftop sculpture of chief Nyange's ritual house. This very rare rooftop sculpture was depicting a hyena (tshimbungu) covered with paint in check pattern. Among the Central and Eastern Pende, lower ranking chiefs would have a rooftop sculpture depicting an animal, resting directly on the ritual center pole.

Local Numbers:

LS 032

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Hyenas  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100132

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo711158b88-dbf2-4dc2-8815-206d9c9ca9a0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref638

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Village Kombo. Pièce faîtière." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Village of Kombo. Rooftop sculpture."

De Sousberghe photographed a rooftop sculpture at Kombo (Eastern Pende). High chiefs would further distinguish their houses from those of subordinates through the addition of a rooftop sculpture. Only the highest order of chiefs, one of those who have the right to launch an initiation to the fraternity, has the right to have a rooftop statue depicting a human figure. Among the Central and Eastern Pende, lower ranking chiefs would have a rooftop sculpture depicting an animal, resting directly on the ritual center pole.

Local Numbers:

LS 115

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100133

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75a21e7f3-7d5b-460a-a8e7-56f89b3823f2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref639

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

De Sousberghe photographed a rooftop sculpture at Kombo (Eastern Pende). High chiefs would further distinguish their houses from those of subordinates through the addition of a rooftop sculpture. Only the highest order of chiefs, one of those who have the right to launch an initiation to the fraternity, has the right to have a rooftop statue depicting a human figure. Among the Central and Eastern Pende, lower ranking chiefs would have a rooftop sculpture depicting an animal, resting directly on the ritual center pole.

Local Numbers:

LS 173

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100134

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7eb1cf422-0ea9-4a87-b447-95a6a5ce691d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref640

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Kombo. Pièce faîtière." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Kombo. Rooftop sculpture."

De Sousberghe photographed a rooftop sculpture at Kombo (Eastern Pende). High chiefs would further distinguish their houses from those of subordinates through the addition of a rooftop sculpture. Only the highest order of chiefs, one of those who have the right to launch an initiation to the fraternity, has the right to have a rooftop statue depicting a human figure. Among the Central and Eastern Pende, lower ranking chiefs would have a rooftop sculpture depicting an animal, resting directly on the ritual center pole.

Local Numbers:

LS 172

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100135

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Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo70f1df28a-9c5b-4d41-888f-c1474fbe14eb

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref641

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Rive gauche du Kwilu. Toit en gradin." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Left bank of the Kwilu river. Tier upon tier roof."

High chiefs would further distinguish their houses from those of subordinates through the addition of a rooftop sculpture. Only the highest order of chiefs, one of those who have the right to launch an initiation to the fraternity, has the right to have a rooftop statue depicting a human figure. Among the Central and Eastern Pende, lower ranking chiefs would have a rooftop sculpture depicting an animal, resting directly on the ritual center pole.

Local Numbers:

LS 181

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100136

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo736d0c9e4-c1a6-4a4c-b63a-ad659fc22991

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref642

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (b&w)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

De Sousberghe photographed rooftop sculptures of chief's ritual houses across the Shimuna chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (khumbi) on top of a human figure. The rooftop of the chief's ritual house at the village of Gisupa was the work of Mwata Muhungu of the Mukulu chiefdom. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.

Local Numbers:

LS 009

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100137

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71c6fbd65-473d-4f36-b36e-5260112d641c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref643

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (b&w)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

De Sousberghe photographed rooftop sculptures of chief's ritual houses across the Shimuna chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculptures depicted a bird (khumbi) on top of a human figure. The rooftop of the chief's ritual house at the village of Gisupa was the work of Mwata Muhungu of the Mukulu chiefdom. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarily to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.

Local Numbers:

LS 163

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100138

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72cabfd44-fe39-4051-815d-2d77e32a9fb5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref644

Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sousberghe, Léon de  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (b&w)

Culture:

Pende (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

[ca. 1957]

Scope and Contents:

Original accompanying Léon de Sousberghe caption reads, " Totshi. Pièce faîtière." Translated original accompanying caption reads, " Totshi. Rooftop sculpture."

De Sousberghe photographed rooftop sculptures of chief's ritual houses across the Shimuna chiefdom (Kwilu Pende). Among the Kwilu Pende, the majority of the rooftop sculpture depicted a bird (khumbi) on top of a human figure. The rooftop of the chief's ritual house at the village of Gisupa was the work of Mwata Muhungu of the Mukulu chiefdom. While the rooftop sculpture, resting on the center pole, functions primarly to protect the village, it is also associated in popular folklore with the chief's initiation in sorcery.

Local Numbers:

LS 010

General:

Title source: Archives staff.

Note source: Archives staff.

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.

Topic:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Animals in art  Search this

Animals in art -- Birds  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-010, Item EEPA 1999-100144

See more items in:

Leon de Sousberghe photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo715eec6a0-a9be-4c4e-ac32-3847a73ef718

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-010-ref650