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Sculptures of the Nigerian Middle Belt Jan Strybol ; photography, Dominique Provost

Author:
Strybol, J (Jan),)  Search this
Author:
Provost, Dominique  Search this
Physical description:
143 pages illustrations (chiefly color), maps 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Middle Belt
Date:
2019
Topic:
Sculpture, Nigerian  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147199

Historical Maps and Aerial Photographs [Gröschel]

Creator:
Gröschel, Dieter, 1931-  Search this
Extent:
1.46 Cubic feet (1 document case, 3 flatboxes, 4 map folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Maps
Manuals
Photograph albums
Date:
1884-1941
Summary:
This collection consists of approximately 1.46 cubic feet of historical maps and photographs collected by Dieter Gröschel.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of approximately 1.46 cubic feet of historical maps and photographs collected by Dieter Gröschel. The maps, which are various sizes, date from approximately 1884 to 1941 and were produced in Germany, France, and England. They show parts of Russia; Germany; France; Belgium; Holland; Bavaria; and Africa; and many have hand-drawn notations including battle lines, locations of troops, etc. Some of the maps are linen-backed and designed for use in an aircraft. The collection also contains numerous black and white historical photographs including aerial photographs of Germany and France taken in 1917 and 1918; photographs of personnel, facilities, and operations relating to Feldflieger-Abteilung Nr. 5 which date from 1915 to 1918; aerial photographs taken in 1918 of Flanders and Zeebrugge by Karl Keppler and Max Greiner of Fliegerabteilung 291 (A); a French set of 32 black and white aerial photographs on ten pages, with interpretation, used for training observers in World War I; an unbound German World War I album containing black and white photographs and post cards; and a photo album belonging to a paymaster of the Jagdstaffelschule I during World War I. The album, which measures approximately 14 x 10 inches, is linen-covered and contains photographs of the front-lines in France and Italy; personnel, including members of the Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 144; aircraft, including crashes; and personal family photographs relating to the album's creator. Aircraft depicted in these photographs include an Albatros D Series Fighter and a captured Nieuport fighter. There is also a 3.5 x 5.5 inch color post card dating to 1915 with an illustration of French pre-World War I era infantry looking up at an Etrich Taube (Dove) type aircraft included in the collection. Finally, this collection contains a selection of manuals which includes the following titles: Instructions Concerning Battle Maps, US Army War College, 1917 (Translated from French edition of 1916); List of Conventional Signs and Abbreviations in Use on French and German Maps, compiled by Second Section, General Staff (Topography), American Expeditionary Forces, 1918; Catalogue of Maps, General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, 1918; List of Places in Argonne-Verdun District with their Locations, Supplement A, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, November 7, 1918; Notes on Map Reading for Use in Army Schools, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1918; Basic Field Manual, Vol. 1, Chapter 5 - Map and Aerial Photograph Reading, US War Department, 1938; Basic Field Manual, Conventional Signs, Military Symbols, and Abbreviations, US War Department, 1939; Basic Field Manual, Military Intelligence, Military Maps, US War Department, January 6, 1941; Basic Field Manual, Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading, US War Department, April 12, 1941; and Basic Field Manual, Advanced Map and Aerial Photograph Reading, US War Department, September 17, 1941.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged by type of material. Some of the large maps are arranged by size.
Provenance:
Dieter H. M. Gröschel., Gift, 2015, NASM.2015.0046
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aerial photography  Search this
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations  Search this
Genre/Form:
Maps
Manuals
Photograph albums
Citation:
Historical Maps and Aerial Photographs [Gröschel], NASM.2015.0046, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2015.0046
See more items in:
Historical Maps and Aerial Photographs [Gröschel]
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2142ea9f3-4bf2-4190-b305-00c74b5621ae
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2015-0046
Online Media:

The Gambia and its people ethnic identities and cultural integration in Africa Godfrey Mwakikagile

Author:
Mwakikagile, Godfrey  Search this
Physical description:
176 pages map 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Gambia
Gambie
Date:
2010
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Social integration  Search this
Ethnologie  Search this
Intégration sociale  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145881

Osiris Egypt's sunken mysteries Franck Goddio, David Fabre

Title:
Egypt's sunken mysteries
Author:
Goddio, Franck  Search this
Fabre, David  Search this
Organizer:
Institut européen d'archéologie sous-marine  Search this
Institut du monde arabe (France)  Search this
Artevia  Search this
Subject:
Osiris (Egyptian deity)  Search this
Physical description:
249 pages color illustrations, color map 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Egypt
Abu Qir Bay
Égypte
Aboukir, Baie d'
Abu Qir Bay (Egypt)
Nile River Delta (Egypt)
Thonis-Heracleion (Extinct city)
Canopus (Extinct city)
Alexandria (Egypt)
Alexandria
Nile River Delta
Date:
2015
To 332 B.C
Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C
Topic:
Art, Egyptian  Search this
Underwater archaeology  Search this
Art égyptien  Search this
Archéologie sous-marine  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Antiquités  Search this
Civilisation  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145935

Gender and development in Africa and its diaspora Edited by Akinloyè Òjó, Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe and Felisters Jepchirchir Kiprono

Editor:
Ojó, Akinloyè  Search this
Aderibigbe, Gbola  Search this
Kiprono, Felisters Jepchirchir  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 227 pages illustrations, map 24 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Africa
Afrique
Date:
2019
Topic:
Women--Social conditions  Search this
Women in economic development  Search this
African literature (English)--History and criticism  Search this
Women in literature  Search this
Women, Black, in literature  Search this
Femmes--Conditions sociales  Search this
Femmes dans le développement économique  Search this
Littérature africaine (anglaise)--Histoire et critique  Search this
Femmes dans la littérature  Search this
Noires dans la littérature  Search this
Africa  Search this
diasporas  Search this
gender inequality  Search this
black women  Search this
literary criticism  Search this
women's rights  Search this
gender relations  Search this
social conditions  Search this
economic development  Search this
African literature (English)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145946

Red-spotted ox a Pokot life as collected, translated and edited by Pat Robbins

Author:
Domonguria, Kaparketo  Search this
Author:
Robbins, Martha E  Search this
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs  Search this
Physical description:
xxxv, 337 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color), maps 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Autobiography
Erlebnisbericht
Autobiographies
Place:
Kenya
Kenia
Suk (Volk)
Date:
2010
Topic:
Suk (African people)  Search this
Suk (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Indigenous peoples  Search this
Herders  Search this
Souk (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Souk (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153361

Living with pottery ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of southwest Ethiopia John W. Arthur

Author:
Arthur, John Wood 1965-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 154 pages illustrations, maps 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ethiopia
Éthiopie
Äthiopien
Gamo (Volk)
Date:
2006
Topic:
Pottery, Gamo  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Ethnoarchaeology  Search this
Gamo (Peuple d'Éthiopie)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Ethnoarchéologie  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Ethnoarchäologie  Search this
Gamo  Search this
Keramik  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153861

Amkoullel, the Fula boy Amadou Hampâté Bâ ; translated and with an introduction by Jeanne Garane ; with a foreword by Ralph A. Austen

Author:
Bâ, Amadou Hampaté  Search this
Translator:
Garane, Jeanne 1960-  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Austen, Ralph A  Search this
Subject:
Bâ, Amadou Hampaté Childhood and youth  Search this
B́, Amadou Hamṕť Childhood and youth  Search this
Physical description:
xxxii, 366 pages map 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Autobiography
Autobiographies
Place:
Mali
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Fula (African people)  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Oral tradition  Search this
Ethnologists  Search this
Authors, Malian  Search this
Peuls (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Peuls (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Tradition orale  Search this
Ethnologues  Search this
Écrivains maliens  Search this
Fula (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153928

Revelation the movement of the Akan people from Kanaan to Ghana AkAnBa

Title:
Movement of the Akan people from Kanaan to Ghana
Author:
Abroquah, Martin  Search this
Physical description:
508 pages illustrations, maps 28 cm
Type:
Texts
History
Place:
Ghana
Ghāna
Date:
2010
Topic:
History  Search this
Akan (African people)--History  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Akan (Peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire  Search this
Ethnologie  Search this
Akan (African people)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159471

Walking with Asafo in Ghana an ethnographic account of Kormantse Bentsir warrior music Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum ; with Kormantse Bentsir Scholars

Author:
Aduonum, Ama Oforiwaa  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 379 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 23 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Music criticism and reviews
Place:
Ghana
Ghāna
Date:
2022
Topic:
Music--History and criticism  Search this
Ethnomusicology  Search this
Walking--Religious aspects  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Musicology  Search this
Musique--Histoire et critique  Search this
Ethnomusicologie  Search this
Music  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159566

Dogon masks in motion Polly Richards ; with contributions from Walter van Beek, Anne Doquet and Lassana Cisš

Photographer:
Richards, Polly  Search this
Contributor:
Beek, W. E. A. van  Search this
Doquet, Anne  Search this
Cissé, Lassana  Search this
Writer of preface:
Picton, John  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Douyon, Denis Amadine 1958-  Search this
Physical description:
422 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color maps 30 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
Mali
Date:
2022
Topic:
Masks, Dogon  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Dogon (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Call number:
DT551.45.D64 R52 2022
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159637

Gargoulette inusitée / A. Adandé

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Senegal
Date:
1958
Topic:
Water coolers  Search this
Felup water coolers  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .M911
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1056249

Le maïs et ses usages dans le Bas-Dahomey

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Vodun (Cult)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Date:
1953
Topic:
Corn  Search this
Granaries  Search this
Cooking (Corn)  Search this
Food  Search this
Corn--Religious aspects  Search this
Corn--Social aspects  Search this
Call number:
QH3 .B936
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_753156

Heterodermia diademata (T. Taylor) D.D. Awasthi

Biogeographical Region:
26 - South Tropical Africa  Search this
Collector:
M. Jellicoe  Search this
Min. Elevation:
1524  Search this
Place:
Africa: Zambia/Malawi border. Map sheet 1332 D 2. Grid ref. VV 745 - 841., Unknown, Africa
Collection Date:
14 Apr 1968
Taxonomy:
Fungi Ascomycota Lecanoromycetes Caliciales Physciaceae
Published Name:
Heterodermia diademata (T. Taylor) D.D. Awasthi
Barcode:
04536814
See more items in:
Botany
Bryophytes and Lichens
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39aef795b-f086-4cc4-aaf8-389f5c1b089e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16674639

An account of the Gold Coast of Africa with a brief history of the African Company Henry Meredith

Author:
Meredith, Henry  Search this
Subject:
Royal African Company History  Search this
Physical description:
[8], viii, 264 pages plate (map) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ghana
Date:
1967
1812
Topic:
Ghana  Search this
trading companies  Search this
history  Search this
1700-1799  Search this
1800-1899  Search this
Travel  Search this
Handelscompagnieën  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Ghana--Description and travel  Search this
Royal African Company  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145844

The troubled heart of Africa a history of the Congo Robert B. Edgerton

Author:
Edgerton, Robert B. 1931-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 288 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
History (form)
Place:
Congo, república do
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (République démocratique)
6.300
Kongo <Demokratische Republik>
Date:
2002
Topic:
Africa--Congo  Search this
The Congo  Search this
Congo  Search this
Democratic Republic of Congo  Search this
colonial history  Search this
history  Search this
1800-1899  Search this
1900-1999  Search this
15.80 history of Africa  Search this
História da áfrica  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146879

Stones tell stories at Osu memories of a host community of the Danish trans-Atlantic slave trade H. Nii-Adziri Wellington ; foreword by Philip Laryea

Author:
Wellington, H. Nii-Adziri  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Laryea, Philip T  Search this
Physical description:
xxxvi, 325 pages chiefly colour illustrations, maps (some colour) 24 cm
Type:
Books
Genealogy
Ǧňalogies
History
Place:
Ghana
Accra
Ghāna
Osu (Accra, Ghana)
Denmark
Africa
Osu (Accra, Ghāna)
Danemark
Afrique
Date:
2017
Danish Settlements, 1659-1850
1659-1850 (Établissements danois)
Topic:
Gã (African people)--History  Search this
Slave trade--History  Search this
Gã (Peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire  Search this
Esclaves--Commerce--Histoire  Search this
Danish colonies  Search this
Gã (African people)  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
History  Search this
Colonies  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153805

Mahdism in West Africa the Ijebu Mahdiyya movement Peter B. Clarke

Author:
Clarke, Peter B (Peter Bernard)  Search this
Physical description:
224 pages maps 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Nigeria
Südwest
Date:
1995
20e siècle
1900-1960
Topic:
Islam--History  Search this
Mahdism  Search this
Islam--Histoire  Search this
Ijebu (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Mahdisme  Search this
Ijebu (African people)  Search this
Islam  Search this
Chiliasmus  Search this
Geschichte  Search this
Mahdi  Search this
Ijebu (peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire  Search this
Yoruba (peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire  Search this
Histoire religieuse  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1154657

Die steinernen Wächter der Dogon unbekannte Steinskulpturen aus Mali von Thunar Jentsch

Title:
Unbekannte Steinskulpturen aus Mali
Author:
Jentsch, Thunar  Search this
Physical description:
466 pages illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits 31 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mali
Date:
2019
Topic:
Sculpture, Dogon  Search this
Stone carving  Search this
Sculpture dogon  Search this
Sculpture en pierre  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156379

Nigeria a history John Hatch

Author:
Hatch, John 1917-1992  Search this
Physical description:
288 pages map 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1971
Topic:
Politics and government  Search this
Politique et gouvernement  Search this
Nigeria, to 1970 Chronological accounts  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158024

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