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Creator:

National Museum of African Art  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-06-18T15:52:41.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, African  Search this

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Data Source:

National Museum of African Art

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SmithsonianAfricanAr

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_QPQYZF3WkSA

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

33 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35mm)

1790 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120mm)

1,519 Color slides (35mm)

Culture:

San (African people)  Search this

Dogon (African people)  Search this

Fulani  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Color slides

Photographic print

Place:

Djenné (Mali)

Mali

Ivory Coast

Burkina Faso

Timbuktu (Mali)

Mali, -- Bamako

Niger

Mopti (Mali)

Israel

Date:

1966-1976

Summary:

Collection dates from 1966 to 1976 and includes 1,817 black and white negatives, 1,519 35mm color slides, several hundred prints, and manuscript materials. Locations include Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Israel, Mali, and Niger and depict agriculture, architecture, especially mosques, landscapes, marketplaces, masquerade and musical performances, sculptures, and textiles. Peoples depicted include the Bambara, Bella, Bozo, Dogon, Fulani, Gao, Mandingo, San, Songhai, and Tuarag peoples.

Scope and Contents:

This collection dates from 1966 to 1976 and includes 1,817 black and white negatives, 1,519 35mm color slides, several hundred prints, and manuscript materials. Images were taken in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Israel, Mali, and Niger and depict agriculture, architecture, especially mosques, landscapes, marketplaces, masquerade and musical performances, sculptures, textiles. Peoples depicted include the Bambara, Bella, Bozo, Dogon, Fulani, Gao, Mandingo, San, Songhai, and Tuarag peoples.

Arrangement:

Arranged in four series, according to format.

Series 1: Negatives

Series 2: Slides

Series 3: Photographic Prints

Series 4: Manuscript Materials

Biographical / Historical:

Marli Shamir (1919-2016) was an Israeli photographer known for her extensive work in Mali, the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso from 1966-1973. Born and raised in Berlin, Shamir started studying photography during her teenage years and took photography classes at the Contempora Lehrateliers für neue Werkkunst (1934-1937).

In 1938, she was forced to immigrate to Israel where she initially lived in a kibbutz. From 1941-1943, she worked at the mineralogy department of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, and then opened her own studio in Jerusalem in 1945. In 1953, she married Meir Shamir, a former Israeli Diplomat-Ambassador, and from 1966-1973 she lived successively in Mali, Gabon and Cote d'Ivoire. She held a particular fascination with architecture, monuments, mosques, arts and habitants.

During her stay in Mali, she met Pascal James Imperato with whom she wrote the article "Bokolanfini Mud Cloth of the Bamana of Mali" (African Arts, 1970). In 1976, she produced the exhibition Sahel at the Israeli museum in Jerusalem, which focused on the rural and urban architecture and people of the Sahel. The exhibition toured in Europe later that year. From 1977-1981, she lived in Strasbourg, where she focused on documenting the new style of architecture in Mali. Her work on this project is stored at the Center of Documentation in Strasbourg.

In 2005, a book devoted to her photographs from Mali was published by the Grandvaux French Edition House. The National Poet of Mali, Albakaye Ousmane Kounta, collaborated with Shamir on a book of poetry, Djenney-Ferey –La terre habitee (published by Grandaux, 2007), which is illustrated with Shamir's photographs. Shamir passed away in 2016 at the age of 93.

Related Materials:

The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives also holds another collection of Shamir's photographs, EEPA 1995-025.

Provenance:

Purchased, 2013

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:

Slides (Photography)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives (photographic)

Photographic print

Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009

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Marli Shamir collection

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2013-009

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-1

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:

Mali  Search this

Mopti (Mali)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1640

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3192

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-2

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:

Mali  Search this

Mopti (Mali)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1641

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3193

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-3

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:

Mali  Search this

Bamako (Mali)  Search this

Fula (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1642

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3194

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-4

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:

Mali  Search this

Mopti (Mali)  Search this

Fula (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1643

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3195

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-5

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:

Mali  Search this

Mopti (Mali)  Search this

Fula (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1644

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3196

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-6

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:

Mali  Search this

Mopti (Mali)  Search this

Fula (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1645

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3197

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-7

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:

Mali  Search this

Mopti (Mali)  Search this

Fula (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1646

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3198

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-8

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:

Mali  Search this

Mopti (Mali)  Search this

Fula (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1647

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3199

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-9

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:

Mali  Search this

Mopti (Mali)  Search this

Fula (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1648

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3200

Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Shamir, Marli  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120 mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1970

General:

Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Peul (Fula) = Fulbe=Fulani homemade campement near Mopti during the dry season. Construction of a new tent by women- with the palm leaves they take from near by. ; 794-10

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:

Mali  Search this

Mopti (Mali)  Search this

Fula (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1649

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Marli Shamir collection

Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Mopti

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref3201

Collection Creator:

Conant, Francis  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound recording (5" reel, Recording speed unknown)

Container:

Box 42

Type:

Archival materials

Audio

Sound recordings

Date:

1958 October 30

1958 October 27

Scope and Contents note:

M40

Zul Vocab

House Fulani

Zulanci

Zulanu Filatenci

27-X-58 - Zulanci

30-X-58 - Filatenci

Collection Restrictions:

The Francis P. Conant Papers are open for research. Access to the Francis P. Conant Papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Francis P. Conant Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

The papers of Francis P. Conant were processed with the assistance of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Veronika Conant. Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

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Francis P. Conant Papers / Series 8: Sound Recordings / 8.1: Nigeria

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2012-13-ref510

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

Author:

Dembélé, Mamadi  Search this

Sanogo, Klena  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Mali

Date:

1990

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Megaliths  Search this

Pottery  Search this

Ethnoarchaeology  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Call number:

DT554.9.N55 B75 1988

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_502447

Published by:

MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986  Search this

Created by:

C. Melvin Patrick, American, died 1985  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 9/16 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1.5 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place made:

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1984

Topic:

African American  Search this

Advertising  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Business  Search this

Communities  Search this

Dance  Search this

Fraternal organizations  Search this

Fraternities  Search this

Government  Search this

Hollywood (Film)  Search this

Journalism  Search this

Labor  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Men  Search this

Olympics  Search this

Political organizations  Search this

Politics  Search this

Professional organizations  Search this

Religious groups  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Sororities  Search this

U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely

Object number:

2012.167.18

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a99826b2-563a-492a-9d22-e03c2c02f99c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.167.18

Creator:

Acebes, Hector  Search this

Extent:

2 Copy prints

153 Prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Shuar  Search this

Ika (Ica/Arhuaco)  Search this

Akawaio (Acawai)  Search this

Yanomamö (Yanomamo)  Search this

Yukpa (Macoa/Macoita/Yupa)  Search this

Bassari (Senegalese and Guinean people)  Search this

Fulbe (African people)  Search this

Mangbetu (African people)  Search this

Kikuyu (African people)  Search this

Maasai (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy prints

Prints

Photographs

Place:

Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Uaupés River (Colombia and Brazil)

Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia)

Mali

Guinea

Togo

Benin

Cameroon

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Rwanda

Africa

Tanzania

Kenya

Date:

1949-1960

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made on Hector Acebes's expeditions in Africa and South America, mostly during the 1950s. Many of the images document people and markets in Africa (1949 and 1953), including Kikuyu, Masai, Mangbetu, Fulani, and Bassari peoples. There are also photographs made in the French Sudan, Guinea, Togo, Dahomey, Cameroon, the Congo Republic, Ruanda, Kenya, and Tanganyika. These prints were made for an exhibit.

Other sets include images of Jivaro, January, 1950; the Vaupés River and nearby tribes, September, 1950; a journey up the Orinoco to the Guaica, February, 1951; Arhuaco peoples, 1958; and Yuco peoples, 1960. Many photographs depict scenery and dwellings or are portraits (some show body and face paint). There are also images of fishing and hunting (Guaica); musical pipes (Guaica), a bridge, weaving, and bows and arrows (Arhuaco). Some photographs depict expedition members, including Acebes. The collection also includes photographs of the cover of Acebes' Orinoco Adventure, 1954, and coverage of his expeditions in Look, April 8, 1952, and Time (Latin American edition), December 24, 1951.

Biographical/Historical note:

Hector Acebes was born in 1921 in New York City and raised in Madrid and Bogota. While in college at the Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, he operated his own photo studio. After graduating from MIT in 1947 with a degree in mechanical engineering, he moved back to Bogota. Throughout the late 1940s and the 1950s, Acebes undertook expeditions in Africa and South America and started to work as a professional filmmaker and lecturer. Acebes wrote, filmed, directed, and edited each of the forty-three films his production company, Acebes Productions, released.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 94-28

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Uaica photographs collected by Acebes held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4389.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 94-28, Hector Acebes photographs of African and South American peoples, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.94-28

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-94-28

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Mali

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The Mopti region constitutes most of the Niger River inland delta; inhabited by the Dogon, Fulani (Fulbe), Bambara (Bamana), Bwa & Bozo peoples. The town of Mopti is situated at the junction of the Bani & Niger rivers; began as a small fishing village; grew to be the national center for the livestock & fishing industries; town comprises three islands; has one of the highest population densities in Mali. [The J. P. Getty Fund: Art and Architecture Thesaurus]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

K 1 MAL 5 EE

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

Frame value is 25.

Slide No. K 1 MAL 5 EE

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:

Marketplaces  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 8384

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref25306

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)

Culture:

Bozo (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

Place:

Africa

Mali

Date:

1970

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts a Bozo woman carrying her child by the river. During his trip to Mali, Elisofon visited the Mopti region which constitutes most of the Niger River inland delta; inhabited by the Dogon, Fulani, Bambara, Bwa & Bozo peoples. The town of Mopti is situated at the junction of the Bani & Niger rivers, and comprises three islands. [The J. P. Getty Fund: Art and Architecture Thesaurus]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.

Local Numbers:

EENG-III-1, 2.

General:

Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

Typed index card reads, "A 1 Bzo. Bozo. Mali, Mopti. Mother and child by river. 6/1970. EE. neg.no. III-1, 2." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using 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:

Portraits  Search this

Children  Search this

Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this

Genre/Form:

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 00044

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref27138