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Female "circumcision" in Africa culture, controversy, and change edited by Bettina Shell-Duncan, Ylva Hernlund

Author:
Shell-Duncan, Bettina 1963-  Search this
Hernlund, Ylva 1962-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 349 pages illustrations, map 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Afrique
Afrika
Date:
2000
Topic:
Female circumcision  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Anthropology, Cultural  Search this
Circumcision, Female  Search this
Excision (Ethnologie)  Search this
Ethnologie  Search this
Beschneidung  Search this
Circumcisie  Search this
Meisjes  Search this
Excision (ethnologie)  Search this
Beschneidung   Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145832

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
6567 Slides (photographs) (11 Binders, color)
14 Documents (1 Binder)
1,946 Slides (Color, 35 mm)
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
Slides
Color slides
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Lagos (Nigeria)
Date:
1961-circa 2005
Summary:
The collection consists of 8,515 color slides taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg during various field studies among the Yoruba in southwest Nigeria between 1961 and circa 2007. 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. In 2015, Houlberg donated an additional 1,948 color slides to the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives. These slides have been added to the EEPA 2005-002 finding aid, bringing the total to 8,515 slides.

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, and based on donor's notes. 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
See more items in:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo729173a75-b645-455f-b66b-ae08d0d2102e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2005-002

Nigerian Art, Ibo Masquerades Nortern Ibo, age set dance

Photographer:
Jones, G. I., 1904-1995  Search this
Creator:
University of Cambridge. University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (halftone., monochrome, 10.5 x 15 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Igbo (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
[ca. 1988]
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on verso reads: "Nigerian Art; Ibo Masquerades; No. 1: Northern Ibo. Age Set Dance."
Additonal printed text on verso reads: "Photograph by Dr. G. I. Jones. 1931. © 1988. Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; The Cavendish Limited."
Local Numbers:
EEPA NR-08-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Simon Ottenberg; Donation; FY 2008; EEPA 2008-018.
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:
Dance  Search this
Costume -- Africa  Search this
Dancers  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Masquerades  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA NR 2008-018-0009
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 34: Nigeria (NR)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo767aa9deb-39ac-4e90-8d2f-3089ab529834
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6934

Memorial Head of an Oba (king)

Donor Name:
Office Of Alien Property  Search this
Height:
27.5 cm
Culture:
Edo  Search this
Object Type:
Sculpture
Place:
Benin City, Edo State / Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
19 Jan 1966
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
251214
USNM Number:
E402858-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37ecc8b5e-9f3b-4065-a25b-bc1abb570eb5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8432194

Hip Mask Pendant

Donor Name:
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden  Search this
Length - Object:
17 cm
Width - Object:
15 cm
Height - Object:
6 cm
Culture:
Edo  Search this
Object Type:
Mask
Place:
Benin City, Edo State / Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
28 Aug 1992
Collection Date:
1959
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
370312
USNM Number:
E428170-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d6e03a02-80e6-45f1-873f-aaf3ca613b77
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8502511
Online Media:

Plaque Of Warrior

Donor Name:
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden  Search this
Length - Object:
49 cm
Width - Object:
17.7 cm
Height - W/o Base:
8 cm
Culture:
Edo  Search this
Object Type:
Plaque
Place:
Benin City, Edo State / Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
28 Aug 1992
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
370312
USNM Number:
E428178-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3000a27e3-55d4-4adb-96f4-e7ce954fcf5e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8502519
Online Media:

Plaque Of Warrior

Donor Name:
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden  Search this
Length - Object:
48 cm
Width - Object:
30.5 cm
Height - Object:
5 cm
Culture:
Edo  Search this
Object Type:
Plaque
Place:
Benin City, Edo State / Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
28 Aug 1992
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
370312
USNM Number:
E428179-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bbb2264d-ac9a-4a75-aea8-227865130392
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8502520
Online Media:

Peace Corps Volunteers collection

Names:
Peace Corps (U.S.)  Search this
Ballendorf, Dirk  Search this
Riesenberg, Saul H.  Search this
Viola, Herman J. (1938-)  Search this
Extent:
25 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Diaries
Manuscripts
Letters
Photographs
Printed material
Processed materials
Audiotapes
Administrative records
Place:
Costa Rica
Oman
Dahomey
Swaziland
Tanzania
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Togo
Upper Volta
El Salvador
Turkey
Ethiopia
Tunisia
Gabon
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Thailand
Honduras
Burkina Faso
Kenya
Jamaica
Iran
Indonesia
Korea
Malaysia
Malawi
Liberia
Marshall Islands
Ceylon
Ivory Coast
Morocco
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Nepal
Niger
Brazil
Botswana
Bolivia
Nigeria
Afghanistan
Micronesia
Antigua
Pakistan
Philippines
Peru
Panama
China
Somalia
Sierra Leone
Senegal
Colombia
India
Chad
Chile
Date:
1920-1984
Scope and Contents:
The collection includes contributions from 101 former volunteers or administrators who served in such countries and regions as Afghanistan, Antigua, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ceylon, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dahomey, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland,Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey and Upper Volta.

The volunteers were involved in diverse assignments such as education, community development, agriculture, health work, and service through such special skills as art, surveying, mechanics, and photography. Two additional collections are including materials of missionaries that were offered to the archives as the result of the program to collect Peace Corps materials. Included are diaries, correspondence, writings, printed and processed material, sound recordings, and administrative materials. There are also photographic materials that show such subjects as traditional and modern agriculture, architecture, body scarification, ceremonies, dance, dress, fishing, food preparation and other domestic activities, industry, medicine, and transportation.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Arrangement:
Arranged numerically, with indexes based upon creator names and subject of materials.
Historical note:
In 1975, Herman Joseph Viola, the director of the National Anthropological Archives; Saul Herbert Riesenberg, the curator for Oceania Ethnology in the Smithsonianʹs Department of Anthropology; and Dirk Ballendorf, assistant chief of programs and training for Peace Corps operations in North Africa, the Near East, Asia, and the Pacific, worked out a program whereby the archives would collect materials of former Peace Corps volunteers. In addition to photographic and other materials of potential use to many researchers, the collection was intended to document the impact of the volunteers on host countries and the experiences of the volunteers in working in foreign cultures.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use. In some cases, copyright or literary property rights have been retained by the donor.
Topic:
Cookery  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Dance  Search this
Fishing  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Industry  Search this
Transportation  Search this
Body scarification  Search this
Dress  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Medicine  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries
Manuscripts
Letters
Photographs
Printed material
Processed materials
Audiotapes
Administrative records
Citation:
Peace Corps Volunteers collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.1975-43
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36b879838-37b2-42bc-be41-d91ace56fcd9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-1975-43

The Edo-speaking peoples of Nigeria N. W. Thomas

Author:
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge 1868-1936  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
pages 1-15
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria, Western
Western Nigeria
Date:
1910
Topic:
Edo language  Search this
Religion  Search this
Edo-speaking peoplesxMarriage customs and rites  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Nigeria
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1010772

Carleton Stevens Coon papers

Creator:
Coon, Carleton S. (Carleton Stevens), 1904-1981  Search this
Extent:
101.69 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1906-1982
Scope and Contents:
These records concern the professional activities of Carleton S. Coon (1904-1981). Coon is well-known as an anthropologist, archaeologist, and writer. In the 1920's, when he began his career, the field of anthropology was not as specialized as it later became. As with many of the professionals in anthropology, Coon became proficient at physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology. Knowledge and experience in these areas were all tied together by his special interest in the subject of race and the evolution of man.

Coon was particularly interested in the people of the Arab world (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco, etc.). He became fluent in the Arab language and made many trips to that part of the world, both as an anthropologist and, during World War II, as a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

This collection reflects Coon's spectrum of interest. There are original anthropometric records and photographs concerning virtually every race and nationality. In this collection is also a considerable amount of material regarding Coon's many publications, (e.g., notes, drafts, photographs, correspondence), particularly the publications which dealt with race and anthropology (see attached list of Coon's major publications). The correspondence series is almost entirely professional, but there is a small amount of personal correspondence.

The collection contains the following series: Correspondence, 7.14 linear feet (5.25 ft. chronological and 1.89 ft. topical); Anthropometric Data, 11.1 linear feet (5.1 ft. original data and 6 ft. data from published sources); Subject Files, 9.46 linear feet (5.46 ft. legal-sized papers and 4 ft. index cards); Publications, 17.73 linear feet; and Photographs, 53.74 linear feet.

For the first half of his career (1927-1948), Carleton Coon was affiliated with his alma mater, Harvard. In 1948, Coon accepted a dual appointment with the University of Pennsylvania as Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Ethnology at the University Museum, from which he retired in 1963. Some of the records in this collection seem to have been acquired from the university, particularly the photographs credited to the University Museum. The bulk of the material in this collection concerns Coon's years as an active staff member of Harvard and then U. of P., (1927-1963), but there are some records preceding that period, and others which continue virtually up to his death in 1981.

Some records of Carleton Coon have been retained by the family.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in 5 series: (1) Correspondence, 1906-1979; (2) Anthropometric Data; (3) Subject Files, 1920-circa 1978; (4) Publications, 1939-1980; and (5) Photographs.
Biographical Note:
Carleton S. Coon Chronology

June 23, 1904 -- Born in Wakefield, Massachusetts .

1921 -- Graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusettes.

1925 -- A.B., Harvard University.

1926 -- Married Mary Goodale.

1925 -- Morocco: Sheldon Travel Fellowship (Harvard).

1926-1928 -- Harvard expeditions to Morocco.

1928 -- Ph.D., M.A. in Anthropology, Harvard University.

1927-1948 -- Harvard Faculty, from Instructor to Professor [absent 1942-1945 for war service].

1929-1930 -- Harvard expedition to North Albania.

1933 -- Russia.

1933-1934 -- Peabody Museum expedition - Ethiopia and Yemen.

1936-1948 -- Asst. Curator, Peabody Museum at Harvard.

1939 -- Morocco (discovered "Aterian" fossil man).

1942 -- Membre D'Honneur, Association la Liberation of Francaise.

1942-1946 -- Military service, including: 1942-1945 OSS.

1942-1943 -- Special Assistant to American Legation, Tangier, Morocco; travels in North Africa.

1943-1944 -- North Africa: Tunisia, Bari; South Europe: Corsica.

1944 -- Divorced by Mary Goodale Coon.

1945 -- Married Lisa Dougherty Geddes.

1945 -- Decorated Legion of Merit.

1947 -- Morocco.

1948-1949 -- Member, Social Science Research Council.

1948-1963 -- Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania.

1948-1963 -- Curator of Ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.

1948-1949 -- University Museum expedition to Iraq and Iran.

1949-1964 -- Panelist, "What in the World" TV show.

1951 -- Excavated 5 cave sites in Iran -- discovered Hotu man.

1951 -- Wenner-Gren Foundation medalist.

1951-1952 -- Saudi Arabia, Consultant to Arab-American Oil Co.

1952 -- Viking Medal in Physical Anthropology.

1954 -- Afghanistan (including Kara Kamar rock shelter) and Syria, Jordan, and Iran; Australia.

1955 -- Syria - cave near Palmyra; South and Central Africa.

1955 -- Member, National Academy of Sciences.

1956-1957 -- Trip around the world for USAF; especially India and Japan.

1956-1966 -- Consultant, Scott Foresman & Co.

1958-1963 -- Member, Committee on Education, National Science Foundation (NSF).

1959 -- Alakaluf Indians, Chile.

1961-1964 -- Committee on Science Personnel, NSF.

1962 -- Gold Medal, Philadelphia Athenaeum.

1962-1963 -- President, American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

1962-1963 -- Morocco: discovered Jebel Ighoud Man #2.

1963 -- Retired from University of Pennsylvania/University Museum and moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts.

1963-1981 -- Res. Curator of Anthropology, University Museum, Philadelphia.

1964 -- Russia.

1965 -- Yengma Cave excavation, Sierra Leone; and Ghana, Nigeria.

1966 -- Cameroon, Tibesti, Acacus.

1966-1967 -- Chad and Libya: Saharan Rock Painting expedition; "Archaeology" TV show.

1966-1981 -- Hon. Curator of Anthropology, Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.

1972 -- Travels in Asia, especially India.

1972 -- Gold Medal, Harvard Travelers Club.

June 3, 1981 -- Died at his home in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Restrictions:
The Carleton S. Coon Papers are open for research.

Access to the Carleton S. Coon Papers requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Citation:
Carleton Stevens Coon Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.1985-02
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ee517859-ed23-4853-a013-bef7988e2f13
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-1985-02

Historic Engravings collection

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
Khoikhoi (African people)  Search this
Ashanti (African people)  Search this
Africans  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Engravings
Newspapers
Place:
Zanzibar
Nigeria
Dahomey
Africa
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
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Historic Engravings collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo718c7ae9d-e212-499f-ba6f-edc43ac6463f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2010-003
Online Media:

Culture and customs of the Yorùbá Tóyìn Fálọlá and Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí

Author:
Falola, Toyin  Search this
Akínyẹmí, Akíntúndé  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 1040 pages illustrations 26 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Africa, West
Nigeria
Afrique occidentale
West Africa
Date:
2017
Topic:
Civilization  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
History  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique)--Civilisation  Search this
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire  Search this
Ethnologie  Search this
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Yoruba (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1155127

Carved Wooden Mask

Donor Name:
Maj. George P. Hill  Search this
Culture:
Ibibio  Search this
Object Type:
Mask
Place:
East, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
29 Jun 1922
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
068518
USNM Number:
E324556-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3449dea85-0847-4d6f-ab82-4cd069e429b8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8393939
Online Media:

Masquerade Figure: Mask (Egungun) And Costume

Collector:
Dr. Darius Thieme  Search this
Donor Name:
Dr. Darius Thieme  Search this
Culture:
Yoruba  Search this
Object Type:
Mask/Costume
Place:
Southwest, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
8 Jun 1967
Collection Date:
1965 to 1966
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
256023
USNM Number:
E407474-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fddfda1a-33d9-4ac7-9fd3-154d4858e3e9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8437452
Online Media:

Wrapper

Collector:
Venice Lamb  Search this
Donor Name:
Venice Lamb  Search this
Height - Object:
169.5 cm
Width - Object:
1328 cm
Culture:
Yoruba  Search this
Object Type:
Wrapper
Place:
Ilorin, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
6 Dec 1990
Collection Date:
1979
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
361597
USNM Number:
EJ11211-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/386092caa-5e62-4eae-84ea-ddd59a4dfdf6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8491914

Hand Printed Koran

Donor Name:
Charles C. Roberts  Search this
Culture:
Hausa  Search this
Object Type:
Koran
Place:
North, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
17 Dec 1928
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
098913
USNM Number:
E341636-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33e1ac745-08e2-4540-8c59-b8ab30292d16
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8401692
Online Media:

Pottery Water Jar

Collector:
Charles C. Roberts  Search this
Donor Name:
Charles C. Roberts  Search this
Culture:
Gwari  Search this
Object Type:
Jar
Place:
Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
14 Dec 1929
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
108044
USNM Number:
E345509-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3370b1320-11c3-496a-858f-7bc570743aaf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8402712
Online Media:

Metal Figurine * Edan Staff

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
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3572b8d64-5f49-4fec-a48c-0d44a5e52e87
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8403063
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Figurine

Donor Name:
Victor J. Evans  Search this
Culture:
Yoruba  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
20 Mar 1931
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
113605
USNM Number:
E360082-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/338e0c6e5-621c-49db-a849-8f0c9eb9cde4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8406859

Wooden Figurine

Donor Name:
Charles C. Roberts  Search this
Culture:
Yoruba  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
20 Oct 1933
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
126102
USNM Number:
E368008-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bc4ea3aa-f7a6-4fb3-8a78-30d60d67d15c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8411466
Online Media:

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