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Wood hair comb from Ghana

Created by:
Unidentified  Search this
Owned by:
Mattye Marie Reed, American, 1918 - 2003  Search this
Dr. William E. Reed, American, 1914 - 2006  Search this
Medium:
wood
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 4 3/4 × 2 5/8 × 3/16 in. (12.1 × 6.7 × 0.5 cm)
Type:
combs (grooming tools)
Place made:
Ghana, West Africa, Africa
Date:
1950s
Topic:
African American  Search this
Africa  Search this
Hair  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of William & Mattye Reed
Object number:
2014.182.99
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Accessories and Personal Effects
Exhibition:
A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View:
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5913eac7f-0420-47cd-9999-1a69bf0835cb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.182.99
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Lobi the art of the Lobi in the tri-border region of the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Ghana

Author:
Scheutz, Hans  Search this
Author:
Scheutz, Hans Lobi : die Kunst eines Volkes im Länderdreieck Elfenbeinküste, Burkina Faso und Ghana  Search this
Physical description:
72, 107 pages illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Côte d'Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Date:
2021
Topic:
Masks, African  Search this
Wood sculpture, Lobi  Search this
Dan (African people)  Search this
Lobi (African people)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161319

Ignatius Sancho

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-11-27T17:39:51.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAfricanAr
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_-N1YUqufjwI

Sundiata Keita

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-11-04T20:34:47.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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SmithsonianAfricanAr
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAfricanAr
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_7QdoBmN8D_Q

Yaa Asantewaa

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-11-04T18:25:28.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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SmithsonianAfricanAr
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAfricanAr
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_Ht0xoItc4f8

Ghanaian 10 cedi note depicting the Big Six

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-11-04T19:48:12.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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SmithsonianAfricanAr
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAfricanAr
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_mGW2ttZBLco

Five Murmurations (excerpt)

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2023-10-14T13:47:01.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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SmithsonianAfricanAr
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAfricanAr
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_ogYpOrKf7O0

Asanteman Kuo - Ghanaian Durbar Ceremony [Live at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 1997]

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2010-02-03T17:12:11.000Z
YouTube Category:
Music  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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smithsonianfolkways
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianfolkways
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_2mDAMGcylNk

The John Santos Sextet - "Descargarará" [Official Audio]

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2020-07-15T15:29:03.000Z
YouTube Category:
Music  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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smithsonianfolkways
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianfolkways
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_6pzmOW1378E

La Drivers Union Por Por Group perform M.V. Labadi

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2011-06-21T14:38:30.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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smithsonianfolklife
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianfolklife
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_72182uUX1Yc

Kente Cloth Weaving at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2018-07-26T20:10:06.000Z
YouTube Category:
Travel & Events  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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smithsonianfolklife
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianfolklife
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_Ytgu5-O90aI

La Drivers Union Por Por Group demonstrate their unique honk horn music

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2011-06-21T14:34:33.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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smithsonianfolklife
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianfolklife
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_ndvklvhg2Dg

Meet Toots Zynsky

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2013-07-29T14:03:08.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_T27bAr1X6h4

Dr. Maya Angelou In Conversation with Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole - National Portrait Gallery

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2014-05-30T20:24:07.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
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NatlPortraitGallery
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
YouTube Channel:
NatlPortraitGallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_-sHTpGfPe1c
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Artists’ Books and Africa

Creator:
Smithsonian Libraries  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2015-08-19T15:57:07.000Z
YouTube Category:
Nonprofits & Activism  Search this
Topic:
Library science  Search this
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SmithsonianLibraries
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianLibraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_bvIBPKtuw6Y

Kwame Nkrumah

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-11-27T17:40:12.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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SmithsonianAfricanAr
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAfricanAr
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_HZQFKwWvfEs

WADE KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
Interviews
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2015-05-18T19:46:29.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAfricanAr
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_bj5jhJi6vEs

Ammonia akitaae Hayward et al., 2021

Collector:
Dr. Lailah G. Akita  Search this
Type Citation:
Hayward, B. W., et al. 2021. Molecular and morphological taxonomy of living Ammonia and related taxa (Foraminifera) and their biogeography. Micropaleontology. 67
Type Status:
holotype
Place:
Ghana, Africa
Collection Date:
7 Mar 2017
Taxonomy:
Chromista Foraminifera Globothalamea Rotaliana Rotaliida Ammoniidae Ammoniinae
Published Name:
Ammonia akitaae Hayward et al., 2021
USNM Number:
PAL770923
See more items in:
Paleogeneral
Types: Foraminifera
Foraminiferida Primary Type Microslides
Paleobiology
Data Source:
NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31a26721c-3a31-4523-96cc-70621bc4c106
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhpaleobiology_15797277

Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) albiceps

Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Pinned
Stage:
Adult
Place:
1 mi. NE Kade, Univ. Ag. Res. Sta, Kwaebibirem, Eastern, Ghana
Collection Date:
4 Oct 1965
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Xylocopinae
Published Name:
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) albiceps Fabricius
Barcode:
USNMENT01124007
USNM Number:
USNMENT01124007
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Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37d4aa95d-5204-400d-9224-2b15660e11f2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_15899431

Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea

Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Pinned
Stage:
Adult
Place:
Accra, via Bonnojuen PR., [Not Stated], Greater Accra, Ghana
Collection Date:
18 Sep 1944
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Xylocopinae
Published Name:
Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea (Linnaeus)
Barcode:
USNMENT01614404
Other Numbers:
Other : Plane - 2404
Other : Denning -2332
USNM Number:
USNMENT01614404
See more items in:
Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b2d3a0cf-fb14-47ed-94d6-e501f920e376
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_15912330

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