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The Gelede masked dance and Ketu society : the role of the transvestite masquerade in placating powerful women while maintaining the patrilineal ideology

Author:
Babatunde, Emmanuel D  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Date:
1988
Topic:
Gelede (Yoruba rite)  Search this
Gelede dance  Search this
Cross-dressing in art  Search this
Ketu masquerades  Search this
Masks, Yoruba  Search this
Call number:
GN654.A4 T332
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_514042

The Alonge Project: Collaborating with the Benin Museum

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Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2019-07-25T14:52:59.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Restitution and the Benin Bronzes Conversation

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National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2022-10-14T16:49:10.000Z
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Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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National Museum of African Art
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Global Religions of Africa Speaker. - Beyond Aesthetics: Reflection on the Art of Okuku Headdress

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National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2020-07-06T13:45:09.000Z
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Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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National Museum of African Art
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Ancestral altar (asen)

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2019-04-05T16:44:40.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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National Museum of African Art
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The John Santos Sextet - "Descargarará" [Official Audio]

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2020-07-15T15:29:03.000Z
YouTube Category:
Music  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianfolkways
EDAN-URL:
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Agojie Warriors Inspired the Dora Milaje ⚔️ Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong’o | Smithsonian Channel

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Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2022-10-10T16:00:00.000Z
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Entertainment  Search this
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Smithsonian Channel
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Teramnus micans (Welw. ex Baker) Baker f.

Biogeographical Region:
22 - West Tropical Africa  Search this
Collector:
L. Pauwels  Search this
Place:
Djougou, Béléfoungou, Atakora, Benin, Africa
Collection Date:
20 Sep 1998
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae
Published Name:
Teramnus micans (Welw. ex Baker) Baker f.
Barcode:
02337998
USNM Number:
3648748
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b6684923-6b5d-4cc6-bfcd-9d03a94bad82
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13631216

Pseudoeriosema andongense (Welw. ex Baker) Hauman

Biogeographical Region:
22 - West Tropical Africa  Search this
Collector:
B. Sinsin  Search this
P. Agbani  Search this
H. Yedomonhan  Search this
Place:
Kalalé, Loul, Borgou, Benin, Africa
Collection Date:
17 Aug 1998
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae
Published Name:
Pseudoeriosema andongense (Welw. ex Baker) Hauman
Barcode:
02323920
USNM Number:
3063167
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Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/350893a77-6e7b-4061-8b4a-8ce1f97c34db
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13369680

Indigofera fulvopilosa Brenan

Biogeographical Region:
22 - West Tropical Africa  Search this
Collector:
V. Adjakidjè  Search this
Place:
Tchaourou, Kpessou-Samali, Borgou, Benin, Africa
Collection Date:
5 Nov 1998
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae
Published Name:
Indigofera fulvopilosa Brenan
Barcode:
02311770
USNM Number:
3649849
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ed88d12e-0e64-4072-adf7-8d226168a1e1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13322889

Black Effect: Main View Render

Designed by:
Tobi Ashiru  Search this
Illustrated by:
Tobi Ashiru  Search this
Subject of:
National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003  Search this
Tommie Smith, American, born 1944  Search this
John Wesley Carlos Ph. D., American, born 1945  Search this
Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005  Search this
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968  Search this
Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965  Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 9000 pixels × 9000 pixels
File size: 333.16 MB
Type:
architectural drawings
digital media - born digital
Place depicted:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
2019
Topic:
African American  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Design  Search this
Local and regional  Search this
Museums  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift designed by Tobi Ashiru
Object number:
2021.114.4
Restrictions & Rights:
© Tobu Ashiru
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Rendering Visible
Portfolio/Series:
Black Effect
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd574994735-c45d-41a3-b30d-968edf64fd35
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.114.4

Ewuakpe I

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2019-11-27T17:39:06.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, African  Search this
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National Museum of African Art
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Benin : geraubte Geschichte / Barbara Plankensteiner paperback

Type:
Paperbacks
Date:
2022
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161311

Unfixed photography and decolonial imagination in West Africa Jennifer Bajorek

Author:
Bajorek, Jennifer  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 328 pages illustrations, facsimiles, portraits 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Africa, French-speaking West
French-speaking Western Africa
Westafrika
West
Date:
2020
20th century
Topic:
Photography--Political aspects--History  Search this
Photography--Social aspects--History  Search this
Benin  Search this
Senegal  Search this
West Africa  Search this
French-speaking Africa  Search this
decolonization  Search this
democratization  Search this
pictorial works (form)  Search this
Photography--Political aspects  Search this
Photography--Social aspects  Search this
Berichterstattung  Search this
Entkolonialisierung  Search this
Fotografie  Search this
Politik  Search this
Porträtfotografie  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116422

A dialogue with King Agaja : William Snelgrave's 1727 Ardra diary and the contours of Dahomian-European commercial exchange / Neal D. Polhemus

Author:
Polhemus, Neal D  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Snelgrave, William New account of some ports of Guinea, and the slave trade Criticism, Textual  Search this
Snelgrave, William Travel  Search this
Agaja King of Dahomey 1673-1740  Search this
Type:
Sources
Benin
Place:
Benin
Date:
2016
Topic:
History  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Call number:
DT19 .H673
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1067968

Abomey, joyau d'un humanisme nègre

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Abomey (Benin)
Date:
1953
Call number:
NX589.6.C6 B87
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_509624

The king, the Brit, the bronze and the cartoon

Author:
Bowles, Michael  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Horniman Museum  Search this
British Punitive Expedition, 1897 Press coverage  Search this
British Punitive Expedition, 1897 Centenaries  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
2000
Topic:
Cultural property--Repatriation  Search this
Benin art--Repatriation  Search this
Call number:
GN301 .J865
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_690480

Tam-Tam Avohu / A. Adandé et Pierre Verger

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Verger, Pierre  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Porto-Novo (Benin)
Date:
1953
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Adja oral tradition  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .N911
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_750170

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

Hommage au Bénin 20 artistes contemporains béninois : brève histoire de centres d'art, cinquante ans : d'Ancy-le-Franc, 1965-1981 à Tanlay, 1984-2016

Physical description:
114, 125 pages
Type:
Books
Place:
Benin
Topic:
Artists  Search this
Art, Beninese  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147587

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