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Author:

Bellis, James O (James Oren) 1938-  Search this

Physical description:

43 p., [16] p. of plates : 32 ill. ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1982

Topic:

Funeral customs and rites  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Pottery--Mythology  Search this

Call number:

DT510.42 .B44p

DT510.42.B44p

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_194000

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. African Immigrant Program 1997 Washington, D.C.  Search this

Taylor, Derek (recorder)  Search this

Butler, Liz (recorder)  Search this

Performer:

Mohammed, Abdirahaman  Search this

Pereira, Aristide  Search this

Bah, Ibrahim Kanja  Search this

Augu-Jones, Agatha  Search this

Augu-Jones, Chidi  Search this

Franklin, John Whittington, 1952-  Search this

Osei-Kuffuor, Dorothy  Search this

Pipim, Peter.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound recording (compact audio cassette)

1 Sound cassette (analog.)

Culture:

Americans  Search this

African American  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Sound cassettes

Place:

United States

Washington (D.C.)

Senegal

Somalia

Sierra Leone

Maryland

Ghana

Riverdale (Md.)

Date:

1997 July 2

Track Information:

101 Cultural Autobiography: African Immigration / Abdirahaman Mohammed, Aristide Pereira, Ibrahim Kanja Bah.

102 Culture Bridging: African Immigrant Folklife / Agatha Augu-Jones, Chidi Augu-Jones, John Whittington Franklin.

103 Old Traditions in New Settings: Adornment Traditions / Dorothy Osei-Kuffuor, Peter Pipim.

Local Numbers:

FP-1997-CT-0278-7

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 2, 1997.

Restrictions:

Restrictions on access. SI Permission.

Collection Rights:

Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.

Topic:

Oral history  Search this

Emigration & immigration  Search this

Community  Search this

occupational folklore  Search this

language  Search this

Slavery  Search this

adornment  Search this

Akan (African people)  Search this

Jewelry  Search this

Death  Search this

Textile fabrics  Search this

Dressmaking  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.1997, Item FP-1997-CT-0278

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: African Immigrant Folklife / 2.3: Audio

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1997-ref641

Author:

Quarcoopome, Nii O  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Date:

2017

Topic:

Goldweights, Akan  Search this

Akan spoons  Search this

Kuduo  Search this

Call number:

N560 .A45

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1089772

Author:

Quarcoopome, Nii O  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Ghana

Date:

2017

Topic:

Akan regalia  Search this

Akan stools  Search this

Asipim  Search this

Akan gold ethnographic objects  Search this

Akan gold finger rings  Search this

Akan gold jewelry  Search this

Gold jewelry  Search this

Akan linguist staffs  Search this

Akan ceremonial swords  Search this

Akan fly whisks  Search this

Call number:

N560 .A45

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1089773

Author:

Quarcoopome, Nii O  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Date:

2017

Topic:

Akan commemorative terracottas  Search this

Akan terracotta heads (Representations)  Search this

Akan funerary sculpture  Search this

Sculpture, Akan  Search this

Call number:

N560 .A45

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1089775

Author:

Quarcoopome, Nii O  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Date:

2017

Topic:

Wood-carving, Akan  Search this

Akan wood combs (Grooming tools)  Search this

Baule heddle pulleys  Search this

Akan gong mallets  Search this

Baule drums (Membranophones)  Search this

Fante drums (Membranophones))  Search this

Akua'ba  Search this

Baule anthropological sculpture  Search this

Akan maternity figures (Representations)  Search this

Call number:

N560 .A45

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1089776

Author:

Quarcoopome, Nii O  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Michigan

Detroit

Date:

2017

Topic:

Art, Akan  Search this

Art, African  Search this

African art collections  Search this

Call number:

N560 .A45

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1089777

Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1964

Scope and Contents:

Odwira ceremony, at Akropong, Ghana, November 1964. Photographed by Roy Sieber.

General:

Title source: provided by photographer.

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:

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this

Leaders  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Roy Sieber Photographs, EEPA 1993-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1993-009, Item EEPA 1993-091395

See more items in:

Roy Sieber Photographs

Roy Sieber Photographs / Photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1993-009-ref780

Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1967

Scope and Contents:

Linguist staff, Ghana, October 1967. Photographed by Roy Sieber.

General:

Title source: provided by photographer.

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

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Roy Sieber Photographs, EEPA 1993-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1993-009, Item EEPA 1993-091404

See more items in:

Roy Sieber Photographs

Roy Sieber Photographs / Photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1993-009-ref788

Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1967

Scope and Contents:

Stools, Ghana, October 1967. Photographed by Roy Sieber.

General:

Title source: provided by photographer.

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

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Roy Sieber Photographs, EEPA 1993-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1993-009, Item EEPA 1993-091408

See more items in:

Roy Sieber Photographs

Roy Sieber Photographs / Photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1993-009-ref792

Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

October 1964

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:

Leaders  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Roy Sieber Photographs, EEPA 1993-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1993-009, Item EEPA 1993-091412

See more items in:

Roy Sieber Photographs

Roy Sieber Photographs / Photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1993-009-ref796

Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1964

Scope and Contents:

Kwahu-Ntesu, Ghana, October 1964. Photographed by Roy Sieber.

General:

Title source: provided by photographer.

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:

Leaders  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Roy Sieber Photographs, EEPA 1993-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1993-009, Item EEPA 1993-091413

See more items in:

Roy Sieber Photographs

Roy Sieber Photographs / Photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1993-009-ref797

Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1964

Scope and Contents:

Kwahu-Ntesu, Ghana, September 1964. Photographed by Roy Sieber.

General:

Title source: provided by photographer.

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:

Leaders  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Roy Sieber Photographs, EEPA 1993-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1993-009, Item EEPA 1993-091414

See more items in:

Roy Sieber Photographs

Roy Sieber Photographs / Photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1993-009-ref798

Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Kwahu (African people)  Search this

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1964

Scope and Contents:

Funerary terra-cotta figure for a chief probably made in 1945, Kwahu group, Tafo, Ghana, Photographed by Roy Sieber.

General:

Title source: provided by photographer.

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

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Roy Sieber Photographs, EEPA 1993-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1993-009, Item EEPA 1993-091608

See more items in:

Roy Sieber Photographs

Roy Sieber Photographs / Photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1993-009-ref989

Photographer:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Collection Creator:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Drewal, Margaret Thompson  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1975

Local Numbers:

E 2 AKN HJD 75

EEPA 1992-028-04569

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:

Masked dance -- Photographs  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

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 D04569

See more items in:

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs / Ghana / 1975

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref7281

Photographer:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Collection Creator:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Drewal, Margaret Thompson  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1975

Local Numbers:

E 2 AKN HJD 75

EEPA 1992-028-04570

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:

Masked dance -- Photographs  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

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 D04570

See more items in:

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs / Ghana / 1975

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref7282

Photographer:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Collection Creator:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Drewal, Margaret Thompson  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1975

Local Numbers:

E 2 AKN HJD 75

EEPA 1992-028-04571

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:

Masked dance -- Photographs  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

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 D04571

See more items in:

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs / Ghana / 1975

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref7283

Photographer:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Collection Creator:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Drewal, Margaret Thompson  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1975

Local Numbers:

E 2 AKN HJD 75

EEPA 1992-028-04572

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:

Masked dance -- Photographs  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

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 D04572

See more items in:

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs / Ghana / 1975

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref7284

Photographer:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Collection Creator:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Drewal, Margaret Thompson  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1975

Local Numbers:

E 2 AKN HJD 75

EEPA 1992-028-04573

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:

Masked dance -- Photographs  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

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 D04573

See more items in:

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs / Ghana / 1975

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref7285

Photographer:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Collection Creator:

Drewal, Henry John  Search this

Drewal, Margaret Thompson  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Culture:

Akan (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

1975

Local Numbers:

E 2 AKN HJD 75

EEPA 1992-028-04574

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:

Masked dance -- Photographs  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

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 D04574

See more items in:

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs

Henry and Margaret Drewal photographs / Ghana / 1975

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref7286