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Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Extent:

6567 Slides (photographs) (11 Binders, color)

14 Documents (1 Binder)

Culture:

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Nigerians  Search this

Tuaregs  Search this

Fulani  Search this

Nuba  Search this

Igbo (African people)  Search this

Turkana  Search this

Pokot  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Documents

Color slides

Photographic prints

Photographs

Place:

Nigeria

Africa

Lagos (Nigeria)

Date:

1961-circa 2005

Summary:

The collection consists of 6,567 color slides taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg during various field studies among the Yoruba in southwest Nigeria between 1961 and circa 2005. The images depict Yoruba art and culture with a special focus on artisans, art objects, body arts, costume, festivals, hairstyles, indigenous photography, weaving and textiles. Cultural events depicted include Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art and wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles are also available in this collection.

Scope and Contents note:

This 6,567 slide collection documents Houlberg's studies in Southwestern Nigeria spanning from 1961 to circa 2005. The collection primarily includes photos of people, including the Ogboni, Pokot, Yoruba, Turkana and Igbo, shrines, festivals and rituals, art objects, and artists. A particular strength of the collection are photos of Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg mostly photographed in Ilishan, Ikenne, Ilara, Shagamu, Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, and Egbe.

Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art, wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Several Yoruba art forms, including photography, scarification tattoos, and textiles (both cloth and dress), are represented in the collection. Additionally, there are numerous slides of Yoruba hairstyles, many of which she published in her article, Social Hair: Tradition and Change in Yoruba Hairstyles in Southwestern Nigeria.

Yoruba ritual specialists, such as Ife-olu Solaru, Olufunke, and Yesufu Ejigboye, appear frequently throughout the collection. Houlberg documented her many stays with these individuals over the years.

There is also one binder of manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles.

Arrangement note:

The collection is organized into 29 series according to subject. The series descriptions correspond with particular subjects used in Houlberg's teaching and lectures. All slides were kept in the order in which they were donated.

Series 1: African Hairstyles, circa 1973-1994 (Binder 1; 212 slides)

Series 2: Egungun Festival, 1961-circa 1988 (Binder 1; 362 slides)

Series 3: Gelede, circa 1969-circa 1989 (Binder 2; 301 slides)

Series 4: Ibeji Twins, circa 1969-circa 1990 (Binders 2-3; 854 slides)

Series 5: Ogboni Art Objects and Shrines, circa 1969-circa 1982 (Binder 4; 92 slides)

Series 6: Art Objects Depicting Ogun, circa 1969-circa 1983 (Binder 4; 56 slides)

Series 7: Olojufoforo Art and Festivities, circa 1968-circa 1975 (Binder 4; 21 slides)

Series 8: Yoruba People, Architecture, and Art, circa 1969-circa 1985 (Binder 4; 260 slides)

Series 9: Carving, Art Objects and Artists, and Scenes of Daily Life, circa 1973-circa 1988 (Binder 4; 201 slides)

Series 10: Yoruba Art, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 49 slides)

Series 11: Yoruba Textiles, circa 1973-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 84 slides)

Series 12: Yoruba, Miscellaneous, circa 1967-circa 1989 (Binder 5; 251 slides)

Series 13: African Art, Textiles People, and Dwellings, circa 1963-circa 1983 (Binder 6; 58 slides)

Series 14: Ibo Mbari and Igbo Peoples and Artwork, circa 1967-circa 1985 (Binder 6; 212 slides)

Series 15: Art and Ceremonies, circa 1967-circa 1991 (Binder 6; 493 slides)

Series 16: Body Arts, Nuba People (Sudan) and Fulani and Bororo People (Niger), circa 1973-circa 1979 (Binder 7; 64 slides)

Series 17: People, Scenic Views and Animals of Kenya, Sudan, Angola, and Ghana, circa 1972-circa 1985 (Binder 7; 168 slides)

Series 18: Peoples and Arts of Ghana, Mali, and the Ivory Coast, circa 1966-circa 1992 (Binder 7; 406 slides)

Series 19: Published Maps and Photos, circa 1968-circa 1985 (Binder 8; 70 slides)

Series 20: Nigerian Masks and Art Objects, circa 1967-circa 1978 (Binder 8; 396 slides)

Series 21: Yoruba Festivals, People, and Art in Nigeria, circa 1967-circa 1988 (Binders 8-9; 128 slides)

Series 22: Yoruba Photography and Textiles, circa 1975-circa 1983 (Binder 9; 54 slides)

Series 23: Ife-Olu, Ilishan, circa 1980-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 87 slides)

Series 24: Yoruba Festivals, People, Hairstyles, Ibeji Objects, Eshu Figures, and Oya and Orishala Priests, Priestesses, and Shrines, circa 1966-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 168 slides)

Series 25: Shango, circa 1970-circa 1983 (Binder 10, 162 slides)

Series 26: Ara Festival, 1975 (Binder 10; 174 slides)

Series 27: Ceremonies and Festivals, Portraits, Art and Ceremonial Objects, Domestic and Market Scenes, circa 1969-circa 2005 (Binders 10-11; 759 slides)

Series 28: Yoruba Art Objects, and Domestic, Work, and Festival Scenes, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 11; 104 slides)

Series 29: Manuscript and Printed Materials, 1973-circa 2005 (Binder 12)

Biographical/Historical note:

Artist, anthropologist, and art historian Dr. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939. Houlberg received an Associate of Arts degree from Wright Junior College (1959) and a BFA from the University of Chicago (1963). After graduating, she traveled to North Africa and explored Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. In 1964, Houlberg researched Haitian art, religion, and indigenous photography in Haiti and in 1965 was awarded a scholarship for graduate study from the University of Chicago. There she completed her MAT in Art History in 1967. Following graduation, Houlberg worked at the Nigerian Museum in Lagos, where she documented Yoruba sculpture, masquerades, religion, body art, and indigenous photography.

She began her teaching career at the University of Chicago as a lecturer on African art and African civilization, working there from 1971 to 1973. At the University of London, Houlberg earned a Masters in Anthropology, producing the thesis Yoruba Twin Sculpture and Ritual (1973). She also extensively photographed her travels abroad in Yorubaland. Between 1974 and 1990, Houlberg taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, Kalamazoo College, and Northwestern University. From 1974 to 2008 she continued teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, lecturing on Yoruba art and ritual in West Africa and the New World, and the art and ritual of Vodou in Haiti.

Houlberg has lectured worldwide at numerous museums and symposiums since 1972, including in Lagos, Nigeria; Jacmel, Haiti; Toronto, Canada; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; and Cologne, Germany. Her essays have been published in several issues of African Arts. Some of Houlberg's significant publications include Arts of the Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou, in Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora (2008) and Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou: Lasiren, Queen of Mermaids, in Mami-Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African-Atlantic World (2008). The exhibition Mami-Wata at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (2009) featured her photographs.

Provenance:

Marilyn Houlberg, 733 West 18th St., Chicago, IL 60616, Donation, 20050320, 2005-0002

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Weavers  Search this

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Shrines  Search this

Masks  Search this

Domestic scenes  Search this

Egúngún (Cult)  Search this

Ethnology -- Nigeria  Search this

Gelede (Yoruba rite)  Search this

Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this

Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this

Marketplaces  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Ere ibeji  Search this

Works of art in situ  Search this

Art, African  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Festivals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Photographic prints

Photographs

Citation:

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2005-002

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2005-002

Author:

Stevens, Phillips  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Nigeria

Adamawa Province

Date:

1976

Topic:

Chamba shrines  Search this

Chamba sacred groves  Search this

History  Search this

Chamba oral tradition  Search this

Sculpture, Mumuye  Search this

Bachama oral tradition  Search this

Bata oral tradition  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Sculpture, Chamba  Search this

Call number:

N1 .A258

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_598942

Author:

Anderson, Martha G. 1948-  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Subject:

Green, J. A (Jonathan Adagogo) 1873-1905 Themes, motives  Search this

Type:

Pictorial works

Place:

Nigeria

Niger River Delta

Date:

2017

Topic:

Ethnographic photography  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Women  Search this

Landscape photography  Search this

Call number:

TR140.G727 A46 2017

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1092763

Author:

Moughtin, Cliff  Search this

Dmochowski, Z. R (Zbigniew R.) 1906-1982  Search this

Subject:

Dmochowski, Z. R (Zbigniew R.) 1906-1982  Search this

Physical description:

80 p. : ill. ; 31 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1988

Topic:

Architecture--History  Search this

Architecture--History--Study and teaching  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Call number:

NA1599.N5 W92 1988

NA1599.N5W92 1988

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_353636

Donor Name:

Charles C. Roberts  Search this

Culture:

Hausa  Search this

Object Type:

Anklet

Place:

Nigeria, Africa

Accession Date:

20 Oct 1933

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

126102

USNM Number:

E368045-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/361da6173-99ea-47f7-8dfe-61187e5f2365

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8411511

Donor Name:

Charles C. Roberts  Search this

Culture:

Hausa  Search this

Object Type:

Anklet

Place:

Nigeria, Africa

Accession Date:

20 Oct 1933

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

126102

USNM Number:

E368045-1

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b9e8d0d-671a-469a-a1e7-937f27996d7a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8411512

Donor Name:

Charles C. Roberts  Search this

Culture:

Hausa  Search this

Object Type:

Throwing Knife

Place:

Nigeria, Africa

Accession Date:

20 Oct 1933

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

126102

USNM Number:

E368038-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d6888681-b096-45ae-8c42-63a75c9f30a6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8411501

Producer:

KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

British Broadcasting Corporation  Search this

Malone, Adrian  Search this

Biniman Productions (Firm)  Search this

Creator:

Grant, Michael  Search this

Meech, Richard, 1954-  Search this

Host:

Maybury-Lewis, David, 1929-2007  Search this

Extent:

172 Sound cassettes

4.37 Linear feet

40 Film reels (silent color negative A and B rolls, 16mm)

1,336 Film reels (in 399 cans, silent color negative outtakes and trims, 16mm)

10 Film reels (silent color print, 16mm)

701 Sound tape reels (1/4 inch)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Film reels

Sound tape reels

Date:

1989-1992, undated

Summary:

The Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection consists of film materials and associated documentation for the editing process of the ten-episode ethnographic television series aired in 1992 and hosted by Harvard anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis. The collection consists of field sound, camera original film in the form of outtakes and trims, edited silent film (A and B rolls and prints), and technical paper documentation including field and lab reports.

Scope and Contents:

The Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection, 1989-1992, undated, comprises edited and unedited film, audio, and associated paper documentation. Footage in edited form includes A and B rolls and some resulting prints, while unedited film is in the form of trims and outtakes. Depending on the stage in the editing process, film is associated either with a general subject or with a specific edited title. Audio is largely 1/4-inch audio tapes of original field sound and translations. Associated paper documentation is largely technical and lab reports and does not exist consistently for subjects and episodes.

Of note is the large collection of trims and outtakes. As these rolls are camera original film, they are printed with "latent key numbers" along the edge of the film, or codes that advance sequentially through the roll. Each roll is associated with a unique range of latent key numbers, allowing researchers to trace camera original film through the editing process and narrow down filming order. Sequences removed from trims and outtakes for use in final episode cuts are also associated with these latent key number ranges. The National Anthropological Film Collection holds searchable lists of the collection's latent key numbers; contact the NAFC for more detail.

Arrangement:

The Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection is arranged in 3 series: Series 1. Edited film materials, circa 1992; Series 2. Unedited film materials, 1989-1991, undated; Series 3. Technical documentation, 1989-1991, undated.

Administrative History:

The television program Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, hosted by Harvard anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis, was a television series aired in 1992 that interrogated universal human themes such as death, life, love, and spirituality in the lives of a wide range of indigenous peoples at the turn of the millennium. The program juxtaposed lives and customs in tribal societies with those of urban Canadians to underline the relevance of indigenous values.

Maybury-Lewis, at the time professor of anthropology and the curator of South American Ethnology in Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, worked extensively in Brazil and particularly with the Xavante. He was also co-founder of Cultural Survival, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of culture, land, and human rights of indigenous peoples.

Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World was created by Richard Meech and Michael Grant and written by Adrian Malone. The series was was co-produced by Biniman Productions Limited, Adrian Malone Productions Limited, BBC-TV and KCET Los Angeles, in association with the Global Television Network, and with the cooperation of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, Rogers Telefund, and Telefilm Canada.

The Millennium film collection is a collection of footage that was eventually edited into episodes of the Public Broadcasting System television program Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, hosted by Harvard anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis. The series interrogated universal human themes such as death, life, love, and spirituality in the lives of a wide range of indigenous peoples at the turn of the millennium, comparing lives and values in tribal societies to those of urban Canadians.

Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World was created by Richard Meech and Michael Grant and written by Adrian Malone. The series was was co-produced by Biniman Productions Limited, Adrian Malone Productions Limited, BBC-TV and KCET Los Angeles, in association with the Global Television Network, and with the cooperation of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, Rogers Telefund, and Telefilm Canada.

Provenance:

The Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection was donated to the National Anthropological Film Collection (formerly the Human Studies Film Archives) by series co-producer and co-director Richard Meech in 2012.

Restrictions:

The Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the National Anthropological Film Collection may not be played.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Citation:

The Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection, National Anthropological Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

HSFA.2012.13

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Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-hsfa-2012-13

Photographer:

Schildkrout, Enid  Search this

Van Couvering, John A.  Search this

Extent:

5320 Slides (photographs) (35 mm)

120 Slides (photographs) (120 mm)

1407 Negatives (photographic) (35 mm)

91 Negatives (photographic) (120 mm)

3 Negatives (photographic) (5 x 7 inches)

10 Negatives (photographic) (4 x 5 inches)

2 Negatives (photographic) (8 x 10 inches)

136 Photographic prints (8 x 10 inches or smaller)

4 Contact sheets

1 USB flash drive (64 GB)

Culture:

Asante (African people)  Search this

Fulani  Search this

Lobi (African people)  Search this

Mossi (African people)  Search this

Senufo (African people)  Search this

Wolof (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Negatives (photographic)

Photographic prints

Contact sheets

Usb flash drive

Place:

Ivory Coast

Namibia

Central African Republic

Mali

Senegal

Date:

1964-2010

Summary:

This collection documents the Asante, Baka, Baule, Berber, Dogomba, Dogon, Fulani, Gurunsi, Gonja, Hausa, Lobi, Mamprusi, Mossi, Senufo, Serer, Tsonga, Tuareg, Wolof, and Yoruba peoples; architecture, animals, artwork, celebrations, ceremonies, landscapes, masquerades, markets, mosques, portraits, shrines, and street scenes in Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Morocco, Republic of Benin, Central African Republic, Namibia, and Senegal.

Scope and Contents:

This collection was created during field work by Enid Schildkrout and John A. Van Couvering in several countries, including Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Morocco, Republic of Benin, Central African Republic, Namibia, and Senegal. Peoples depicted include the Asante, Baka, Baule, Berber, Dogomba, Dogon, Fulani, Gurunsi, Gonja, Hausa, Lobi, Mamprusi, Mossi, Senufo, Serer, Tsonga, Tuareg, Wolof, and Yoruba peoples. Many of the images depict architecture, animals, artwork, celebrations, ceremonies, landscapes, masquerades, markets, mosques, portraits, shrines, and street scenes.

Biographical / Historical:

Enid Schildkrout is an American anthropologist, professor, and Curator Emerita of African Ethnology, Division of Anthropology, at the American Museum of Natural History. She earned her BA from Sarah Lawrence College (1963), and a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Cambridge University (1965, 1967, 1970). Schildkrout performed field research in numerous countries including Ghana and Burkina Faso (1960s); Kano, Nigeria (late 1970s and early 1980s); and in Mali, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Namibia. She has worked extensively with museum collections and conducted an in-depth study of the history of the art of the Mangbetu people (Democratic Republic of Congo). Among the exhibitions that Schildkrout has curated are: African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire; Body Art: Marks of Identity; Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria; and Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art. She has lectured and taught classes at Columbia University, Yale University, McGill University, and the University of Illinois, among others. She has published articles in African Arts and authored numerous books.

John A. Van Couvering is a professor, editor and geologist. He earned his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Cambridge (1973) and specializes in the principles and practices in stratigraphic geology; age and environments of Cenozoic mammal faunas of Africa and southern Eurasia; and the Neogene time scale and chronostratigraphic boundaries. He spent five years doing fieldwork with Louis Leakey in East Africa and served as Micropaleontology Press's editor-in-chief from 1978 to its dissolution in 2004. He currently serves on international and national working groups concerned with the stratigraphic code, and participates in regional studies of such problems as the Messinian desiccation event and the beginning of the Pleistocene. He has published in the Journal of Human Evolution and the Journal of Geological Society and co-authored and edited numerous books.

Provenance:

Donated by Enid Schildkrout and John A. Van Couvering, 2018.

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Ghana  Search this

Republic of Benin -- Photographs  Search this

Nigeria  Search this

Morocco  Search this

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Tuaregs  Search this

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Citation:

Enid Schildkrout and John A. Van Couvering Collection, EEPA 2018-005, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2018-005

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2018-005

Collector:

Venice Lamb  Search this

Donor Name:

Venice Lamb  Search this

Culture:

Mumuye  Search this

Object Type:

Loom

Place:

Tagalang, Nigeria, Africa

Accession Date:

6 Dec 1990

Collection Date:

1979

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

361597

USNM Number:

EJ11029-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/307897c39-e248-4211-babd-ed6b395a385f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8491714

Creator:

Ottenberg, Phoebe  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (linear inches. )

Culture:

Igbo (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Notes

Research

Typescripts

Place:

Afikpo (Nigeria)

Date:

1952-1960

Scope and Contents:

Consists of the research notes of Dr. Phoebe Ottenberg Miller, relating to her field work among the Igbo in Afikpo, Nigeria, circa 1952-1960.

Biographical / Historical:

Dr. Phoebe Ottenberg received her Ph.D. in anthropology from Northwestern University. She received an Area Research Fellowship from the Social Science Council in support of her work among the Afikpo Igbo in Nigeria. Ottenberg was also co-editor of the book Cultures and Societies of Africa (1960).

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2010-18

Topic:

Women anthropologists  Search this

Ethnology -- Nigeria  Search this

Women -- Africa -- Social conditions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Notes

Research

Typescripts

Citation:

Manuscript 2010-18, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.MS2010-18

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2010-18

Collector:

Carl Steckelmann  Search this

Donor Name:

Cincinnati Museum Association  Search this

Width:

18 cm

Length:

28 cm

Culture:

Not Given  Search this

Object Type:

Pocket

Place:

Republic of the Congo, Africa

Accession Date:

17 Jun 1891

Collection Date:

1885 to 1889

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

024469

USNM Number:

E152610-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/326e85694-3af6-4609-8629-e6e7c8f129a0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8342045

Donor Name:

Cincinnati Museum Association  Search this

Length:

79 cm

Object Type:

Switch

Place:

Calabar River, Nigeria, Africa

Accession Date:

17 Jun 1891

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

024469

USNM Number:

E152632-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fb5ca543-d70b-42ff-af5b-fec7da92e3f9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8342072

Author:

Talbot, Percy Amaury 1877-1945  Search this

Physical description:

4 v. illus., plates, ports., maps (part fold.) tables (part fold.) 23 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1926

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Indigenous peoples  Search this

Census, 1921  Search this

History  Search this

Languages  Search this

Call number:

DT515.42 .T14

DT515.42.T14

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_129924

Author:

Talbot, Percy Amaury 1877-1945  Search this

Physical description:

4 volumes illustrations, maps (some folded), plates, portraits 23 cm

Type:

Books

Census, 1921

Census data

History

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1969

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Indigenous peoples  Search this

Language and languages  Search this

Nigeria  Search this

colonial history  Search this

history  Search this

1000-1999  Search this

History  Search this

Languages  Search this

Call number:

DT515.42 .T14 1969

DT515.42.T14 1969

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_61811

Author:

Meek, C. K (Charles Kingsley) 1885-1965  Search this

Physical description:

2 volumes : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1931

Topic:

Indigenous peoples  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Anthropology  Search this

Ethnic Groups  Search this

Call number:

DT515.42.M49t

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_97012

Author:

Temple, O (Olive) 1880-1936  Search this

Editor:

Temple, C. L (Charles Lindsay) 1871-1929  Search this

Physical description:

595 pages genealogical tables 23 cm

Type:

Texts

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1965

1965 [©1922]

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Ethnologie  Search this

Manners and customs  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Mœurs et coutumes  Search this

History  Search this

Call number:

DT515 .T28 1965

DT515.T28 1965

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_38650

Author:

Meek, C. K (Charles Kingsley) 1885-1965  Search this

Physical description:

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Type:

Books

Census data

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1925

Topic:

Indigenous peoples  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Census, 1921  Search this

Call number:

DT515.42 .M49

DT515.42.M49

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_41261

Extent:

154 Items (29 folders, engravings, 21 1/2 x 16 in. (54.6 x 40.6 cm.) or smaller)

Culture:

Zulu (African people)  Search this

Africa  Search this

Khoikhoi (African people)  Search this

Ashanti (African people)  Search this

Africans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Engravings

Newspapers

Place:

Zanzibar

Nigeria

Dahomey

Tanganyika, Lake

Senegal -- Social life and customs

Benin (Kingdom)

Africa -- Maps

Africa -- Colonization

Africa -- Discovery and exploration

Zambezi River

Date:

1747-circa 1905

Summary:

The Historic Engravings collection is comprised of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905. The engravings depict subject matter related to Africa and Africans.

Scope and Contents:

The Historic Engravings collection consists of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905, with the bulk created in the second half of the nineteenth century. Many of the engravings were completed for publication in leading nineteenth-century newspapers, including the Illustrated London News and Harper's Weekly.

Numerous engravings depict scenes from expeditions, including the Dr. Livingstone (Central and South Africa), Baker (Central Africa), and Stanley expeditions. Topics illustrated include agriculture, ceremonies, city and town views, ships, animals, battles, domestic scenes, diamond mines, and fashions. Represented peoples include the Khoikoi, Abyssinian, Ashanti, Griquas, Khoikoi, Ndebele, and Zulu. Finally, the engravings depict such wide-ranging locations as Abyssinia, Annesley Bay, Chupanga, Dahomey, Gondokoro, Hadoda Pass, Hamhamo Spring, Keiskamma Gorge, Mount Kilimanjaro, Kongone River, Lake Tanganyika, Limpopo River, Matabili [now Zimbabwe], Morocco, Nigeria, the Red Sea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tekonda Pass, Ujiji, Umizimkulu Waterfall, Zambesi Delta, and Zanzibar, among others.

Arrangement:

Series one and two are arranged by publisher name and filed chronologically thereafter. Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by expedition leader name, and series 4 is organized by accession number.

Series 1: Illustrated London News, 1851-1901 (51 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 9 folders)

Series 2: Harper's Weekly, 1867-1905 (19 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 4 folders)

Series 3: Expedition Leaders, Bankes to Smith, circa 1800s-circa 1904 (51 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 11 folders)

Series 4: Other/Unidentified, 1747-circa 1905 (33 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 5 folders)

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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

Africa -- Ethnology  Search this

Slave trade -- Africa -- History  Search this

Explorers -- Africa  Search this

Genre/Form:

Engravings

Newspapers

Citation:

Historic Engravings Collection, EEPA 2010-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2010-003

See more items in:

Historic Engravings collection

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2010-003

Donor Name:

Charles C. Roberts  Search this

Culture:

Yoruba  Search this

Object Type:

Figure

Place:

Nigeria, Africa

Accession Date:

21 Jun 1930

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

110352

USNM Number:

E349147-0

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3572b8d64-5f49-4fec-a48c-0d44a5e52e87

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8403063