Photographs of art objects collected by Maxwell C., 1904-1984, and Betty Stanley. The Stanley's had begun to collect African art objects during a business trip to West Africa in the 1960s, and they gradually acquired nearly 600 pieces. The objects are found today in the University of Iowa Museum. Events documented include official government ceremonies with staged indigenous dances; rituals in villages such as young members of the female sande society returning from the initiation camp; and visits by foreign heads of state such as Queen Elizabeth II and Josip Broz Tito of Yoguslavia. Art works include figures, masks, musical instruments, sculptures and staffs.
Biographical/Historical note:
Christopher D. Roy, Curator of African, Oceanic, and New-World cultures, The University of Iowa Museum of Art; Associate Professor of Art History, The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, 1991.
Restrictions:
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Rights:
For study purposes only. Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Identifier:
EEPA.1987-002
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Printed caption on recto reads: "Guinée Française - Idole femelle des Bagasforés."
Translated caption reads: "French Guinea - Female idol of the Bagas-Forés."
Manuscript message and address on verso; postmarked postage stamp on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA GV-17-02
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
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Guinea, -- Capitale d'État-Zone Spéciale de Conakry, -- Conakry
Date:
circa 1910
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "483. Types de jeunes filles Bagas de Conakry (Guinée Française)."
Translated caption reads: "483. Types of Baga girls of Conakry (French Guinea)."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Collection Générale du Guinée Française - A. James. Conakry; Reproduction interdite."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GV-20-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Baga, art de Guinée : collection du Musée Barbier-Mueller, curated by Marianne Pourtal Sourrieu, assisted by Raymonde Armati and Floriane Hardy, Chapelle du Centre de la Vieille Charité, Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens, Marseille, May 13-September 18, 2016 / reviewed by Maxime de Formanoir
60 Film cassettes (2 minutes long, 28 hours total, 8 mm cassettes)
14 Videocassettes (Super-8 video cassettes, 28 hours total)
6 Digital files (Digital videos, 1 hr 20 minutes each, 4 hours total )
97 Cassette tapes (Audiotapes, 147 hours total)
1,785 Pages (Field notes created in the Caribbean, Côte d'Ivore, Egypt, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, that depict African art and the Baga, Fulbe, Nalu, Temne and Mende peoples, among other subjects, and dates from 1967 to 2019., Field notes)
