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Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

2293 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35 mm)

46 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120. mm)

72 Contact sheets (black and white)

Culture:

Kamberi (African people)  Search this

Fulani  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Contact sheets

Black-and-white negatives

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1967-1969

Summary:

The collection includes photographs taken by Aylette Jenness in northern Nigeria between 1967 and 1969. They document daily life in a remote part of Yauri Emerite, focusing on the townspeople of Yelwa and those in its environs.

Scope and Contents:

The collection includes photographs taken by Aylette Jenness in northern Nigeria between 1967 and 1969. They document daily life in a remote part of Yauri Emerite, focusing on the townspeople of Yelwa and those in its environs. Peoples depicted include the Fulani, Kamberi, and Hausa peoples. Subjects include markets, the flooded Kainji Reservoir, ceremonies, fishing, and vernacular architecture.

Arrangement:

Arranged in six series by geographic location.

Series 1: Agwana

Series 2: Borgu

Series 3: Kainji Reservoir Region

Series 4: Unidentified

Series 5: Yauri

Series 6: Yelwa

Biographical / Historical:

Author and museum exhibition planner Aylette Jenness has written numerous books, including "Who Am I? (Multicultural Celebrations)" (coauthored by Donn Moulton) (1993); "Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love" (1990); "In Two Worlds: a Yu'pik Eskimo Family" (coauthored with Alice Rivers) (1989); and "Along the Niger River: An African Way of Life" (1974), among many others. Traveling with her husband, an anthropologist, Jenness lived in such varying locales as Scammon Bay, Alaska (1962-1963) and Nigeria (1967-1969). She worked for twenty-four years at the Boston Children's Museum developing exhibitions, programs, festivals, and workshops.

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

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Black-and-white negatives

Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7dd35b5ee-650b-4fe4-8c8d-1630e4cbc976

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2015-019

Photographer:

Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)  Search this

Extent:

129 Color slides (35mm)

626 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Culture:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Xhosa (African people)  Search this

Sotho (African people)  Search this

Ndebele (African people)  Search this

Swazi (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Color slides

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Lesotho

Kano (Nigeria)

South Africa

Nigeria

Tanzania

Date:

1970-1975

Summary:

The collection depicts the everyday life and architecture of Basotho, Hausa, Makonde, Matabele, Pedi, Swazi, and Xhosa peoples in Nigeria, Southern Africa, and Tanzania.

Content Description:

The collection depicts Basotho, Hausa, Makonde, Matabele, Pedi, Swazi, and Xhosa peoples in Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania. Images show agricultural work, architecture, carving, cooking, landscapes, mountains, and portraits, among other subjects. Highlights of the collection include Makonde carvers at work in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Hausa peoples tie dying at indigo dye pits in Kano, Nigeria, and house decorations in South Africa and Lesotho including Bataung houses decorated with stone mosaics.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into series according to geographic location:

Series 1: Nigeria, 1974

Series 2: South Africa, 1970-1975

Series 3: Tanzania, 1974

Biographical / Historical:

Dr. George F. Rohrmann is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Microbiology at Oregon State University. His field of specialization is Virology.

Provenance:

Donated by George Rohrmann in December 2017 and March 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:

Pedi (African people)  Search this

Dyeing -- tie dyeing  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- Buildings  Search this

Makonde (African people)  Search this

Citation:

George Rohrmann Collection, EEPA 2018-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2018-003

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George Rohrmann Collection

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo734d087c6-e022-4b93-b9fa-d42a90e6ad74

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2018-003

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

Nigeria

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

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

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75002f916-05a9-447d-8770-756cef7bd8b0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2018-005

Producer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Group W Productions  Search this

Westinghouse Broadcasting Company  Search this

Narrator:

Angelou, Maya  Search this

Davis, Ossie, 1917-2005  Search this

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006  Search this

Bond, Julian, 1940-2015  Search this

Extent:

64 Sound tape reels (1/4 in., 5 in and 7 in reels)

Culture:

Kuba (Bakuba)  Search this

Pende (Bapende)  Search this

Bambara (African people)  Search this

Dendi (African people)  Search this

Bozo (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Place:

Congo River (Congo)

Ruwenzori Mountains (Uganda and Congo)

Niger River

Africa, West

Ghana

Ivory Coast

Date:

1972

Content Description:

These original (64) magnetic audio tapes and reels were created for the Black African Heritage television series, produced by Eliot Elisofon and Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) in 1972. These correspond with the film outtakes and original work prints held in the EEPA 1973-001 Collection.

Biographical / Historical:

These materials were produced by Eliot Elisofon and Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) in 1972, for a four-hour television series called Black African Heritage. The episodes, in order of broadcast date:

1. The Congo, narrated by Julian Bond, focuses on the "heartland of Africa" the equatorial area which encompasses rainforests, grassy plains, volcanoes, the great Congo River, lakes, and the snow-covered Ruwenzori, called the Mountains of the Moon. This episode encounters groups such as the Watusi, Bambenga, the Wagenia, the Bakuba, and the Bapende—and traces African art and history back 1,500 years. 2. The Bend in the Niger, narrated by Ossie Davis, follows one of the continent's great rivers as it flows northward in West Africa from the home of the Bambara group, known for their music, dancing, and sculpture, to Timbuktu, where it turns eastward to the Atlantic Ocean through the home of the Dogon groups, famous for sculpture. Other groups met along the way are the Borora, the horseman of Muslim Hausa, the nomadic Tuaregs, and the Bozo and Dendi people of the Niger River. 3. The Slave Coast, narrated by Maya Angelou, focused on the tradition, cultures, beauty, and history of the people of the rainforest and the coast of West Africa. Watch dancers of Nigeria, examine sculptures made 2000 years ago, listen to the talking drums of Yoruba, see bronze portraits, visit the women warriors once known as Amazon, see golden treasures of Ashanti in Ghana, and marvel at the acrobatic dancers of the Ivory Coast. 4. Africa's Gift, narrated by Gordon Parks, focuses primarily on the Senufo people of the Ivory Coast, their music, and their art. Mongo Santamaria, leading exponent of Afro-Cuban music plays the "Afro-blues." Lionel Hampton and his group play "Glad Hamp," to show the relationship of the vibraphone and the balaphone of the Senufo. Modern jazz star Randy Weston and a trio play a number rooted in the Ashanti music in Ghana.

Related Materials:

Related materials include the Eliot Elisofon Papers and Photography Collection (PH-00066) at the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, the Time/Life Photographs Archives, and Broadcast programs collection (ACMA.09-037) at the Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Restrictions:

Materials have not yet been digitized and processed for public access.

Topic:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Dogon (African people)  Search this

Tuareg (African people)  Search this

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Drums  Search this

Senufo (African people)  Search this

Vibraphone  Search this

Identifier:

EEPA.2020-007

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f30b2f3e-fefc-4e4d-97a7-196b5dceb0a2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2020-007

Creator:

McMullen, Alexis B. (collector and photographer)  Search this

Photographer:

Zagourski, Casimir  Search this

Extent:

70 Postcards (70 photographic postcards, silver gelatin)

86 Photographic prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Mputu (African people)  Search this

Komo (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)  Search this

West Africans  Search this

Mangbetu (African people)  Search this

Tutsi (African people)  Search this

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Ashanti (African people)  Search this

Ghanaians  Search this

Banziri (African people)  Search this

Ngbaka (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Postcards

Photographic prints

Photographs

Place:

Rwanda

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Kenya

Ghana

Africa, West

Date:

circa 1943-1944

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made and collected by Alexis B. McMullen documenting peoples and culture in West Africa. The images created by McMullen and Captain D. B. McCloskey depict ceremonies at Kibib honoring Ofori Atta, a chief in the Central Province of the Gold Coast; a dance to the god of the sea at Teshi; and fishing boats and equipment. Additionally, the collection contains photographic postcards collected by McMullen and made by Casimir Zagourski, Leopoldville, and Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast. These show African "types," a Bwake female circumcision ceremony (please note contains graphic images of circumcision), scarification (cicatrization), African animals (including giraffes, elephants, and a hippopotamus), agriculture, dances, and musical instruments. Depicted West African peoples include the Ashanti, Bangala, Banziri, Hausa, Kuba, Kumu, Mangbetu, Mputu and Tutsi.

Biographical/Historical note:

Colonel Alexis B. McMullen participated in American aviation activities for about 50 years. During World War II, he was the commanding officer of a United States Air Corps Air Transport Command (ATC) base in Accra, Ghana (then the Gold Coast).

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 90-14

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The National Air and Space Museum Archives Division holds the Colonel Alexis B. McMullen Collection, 1915-1983, documenting McMullen's aviation career and interests.

Additional Zagourski photographs can be found in the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives in EEPA 1987-0024 and the EEPA Postcard Collection.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Ngala (African people)  Search this

Musical instruments  Search this

Scarification (Body marking)  Search this

Cacao  Search this

Cooking  Search this

Fishing  Search this

female circumcision  Search this

Dance  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Postcards

Citation:

Photo Lot 90-14, Colonel Alexis B. McMullen photograph and postcard collection relating to West Africa, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.90-14

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw309c24635-450a-4122-b084-884789f5231b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-90-14

Photographer:

Heldman, Marilyn  Search this

Extent:

193 Slides (1 Binder, color, 35 mm)

Container:

Volume 1

Culture:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Fulani  Search this

Bamileke (African people)  Search this

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Oyo (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides

Slides

Place:

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Ife (Nigeria)

Kano (Nigeria)

Sudan

Ibadan (Nigeria)

Cameroon

Eritrea

Lagos (Nigeria)

Tanzania

Benin

Somalia

Egypt

Date:

1960s-1970s

Summary:

The collection includes 193 slides taken by Marilyn Heldman in Ethiopia in the 1960s and 1970s. Subjects include architecture, art objects, marketplaces, pottery, reliefs and cultures including the Bamileke, Fulani, Hausa, Oyo and Yoruba peoples.

Scope and Contents:

The collection includes 193 slides taken by Marilyn Heldman in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the photos were taken during fieldwork in Northern Ethiopia, supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities post-doctorate fellowship (1973-1974), or while working as a Curatorial Associate at the Museum of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (1966-1967). Subjects include architecture, art objects, marketplaces, pottery, reliefs and cultures including the Bamileke, Fulani, Hausa, Oyo and Yoruba peoples.

Biographical / Historical:

Marilyn Heldman is an Adjunct Professor of Art History at American University (Washington, D.C.). Published in such journals as the Journal of Religion in Africa, African Arts and Northeast African Studies, Heldman has also written numerous books, notably African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia (1993) (cowritten with Stuart C. Munro-Hay). Heldman received a post-doctorate fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts to complete field work in Northern Ethiopia (1973-1974). She has also held positions as Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and Curatorial Associate at the Museum of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (1966-1967).

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:

Ere ibeji  Search this

Art objects  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Marketplaces  Search this

Africa -- Ethnology  Search this

Pottery  Search this

Relief (Sculpture)  Search this

Citation:

Marilyn Heldman Photographs, EEPA 2016-005, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2016-005

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f2283f13-3ee0-4c04-a3ed-1f46cfe8a454

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2016-005

Collection Film distributor:

Pennsylvania State University. Audio-Visual Services  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (21 minutes, black-and-white sound; 770 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

circa 1960

Scope and Contents:

Edited film produced in cooperation with the Teacher Training College at Issele-Uku, Western Region, Nigeria, is a fictionalized account of a young Ibo girl growing up in Nigeria as the country gains independence and begins to establish itself as a modern state. The "old Nigeria" of mud huts, carved wooden dolls and ju-ju worship gives way to Christianity, higher education and modern cities. Included are scenes of daily life in a rural village (going to market, gathering water, washing clothes and children in school) and Ibadan and the University College of Ibadan. Historical footage shows Nigerian Independence Day, Abubakar Tafawabalewa with retinue, the Governor General of Nigeria reviewing troops and handing over the reins of government to Tafawabalewa. Sound track features traditional songs and Christian hymns sung in a variety of Nigerian languages.

Legacy Keywords: J. Michael Hagopian Ph.D. ; South America ; Nigeria ; Igbo (African people) ; Hausa (African people) ; Yoruba (African people)

General:

Local Number: HSFA 1994.19.7

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Penn State educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Penn State educational film collection

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc90d77aef0-2f1e-4852-addd-602e4206d4c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1994-19-ref3

Photographer:

Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001  Search this

Names:

Adamson, Glenn  Search this

Extent:

65 Slides (photographs) ((dupes), color)

Culture:

Zulu (African people)  Search this

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Asante (African people)  Search this

Dogon (African people)  Search this

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Mali

Africa

Benin

Cameroon

Ghana

Date:

circa 1965

Summary:

Photographs taken by Roy Sieber. Images of African textile and the dyeing and weaving processes. Objects depicted include Asante Kente cloth, Hausa embroidered pants, Jukun tie-dye waist cloth, a Kuba hat, Yoruba indigo dye and a Zulu cloak, as well as akwete cloth from Nigeria, an appliqué dress from Cameroon, an appliqué robe from Ghana, cloth from Dahomey (now Benin) and dye pots from Ede. People portrayed include a Dogon dancer, Kajiado warriors with spears and shields, a weaver making cloth, and women dyeing cloth with indigo.

Arrangement note:

Images indexed by negative number.

Biographical / Historical:

Early American historian of African art Roy Sieber (1923-2001) is considered the founder of the discipline of African art history in the United States. He graduated from the New School for Social Research in New York in 1949, earned his M.A. at the University of Iowa (1951) and his Ph.D. from Iowa State University (1951), where he taught art history from 1950 to 1962. He joined Indiana University as an associate professor in 1962, one of the original scholars in the University's nascent African Studies Program as the Rudy Professor of Fine Arts. Sieber worked as the Associate Director for Collections and Research at the National Museum of African Art (Smithsonian Institution) from 1983 to 1993, where he was responsible for evaluating collection research and developing acquisition standards. Sieber received the first Leadership Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association in 1986.

Througout his career Sieber produced significant publications and served as lecturer and visiting professor at several universities in Africa as well as the United States. He was a member of the American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council Joint Committee on Africa between 1963 and 1971 and later the African Studies Association and the primitive art advisory committee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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:

Textile fabrics  Search this

Dyes and dyeing  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-011

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b5f7def7-277c-4148-b757-777eeb5d12ea

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1985-011

Collector:

Brusseaux, Eugene  Search this

Extent:

35 Negatives (photographic) (black & white, 6 x 7 cm.)

354 Photographic prints (silver gelatin (1 box), black & white, 7 x 8 cm. or smaller.)

Container:

Item 353

Box 1

Culture:

Ngbandi (African people)  Search this

Pomo (African people)  Search this

Gbaya (African people)  Search this

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Photographic prints

Negatives

Place:

Libreville (Gabon)

Central African Republic

Cameroon

Kinshasa (Congo)

Congo (Brazzaville)

Brazzaville (Congo)

Africa

Date:

between 1900-1905

Summary:

The album was compiled by Eugene Brusseaux, a French colonial, very likely a merchant, who lived, worked and traveled in the Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic (then Afrique Equatoriale Francaise), and in northern Cameroon (then German colony of Kamerun). The images may well have been taken by Brusseaux himself. Mr. de Strycker acquired the album, which previously belonged to Professor Verneau of the Musee de L'Homme, Paris, in a sale from Professor Verneau of the Musee de l'Homme, Paris.

The album shows the classic arrangement of many similar colonial albums, depicting Brusseaux's voyage from France to Libreville in Gabon, and Matadi on the mouth of the Congo River. From there Brusseaux took the railroad to Leopoldville (Kinshasa) and traveled on the Brazzaville. He continued on the Congo River to Balobo and Kounda, then over land towards the Sangha River, through Bonga and Loboko to M'Bako on the Sangha River and to Ouesso, now on the border of the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. From Ouesso, he continued on to Nola, Carnot and Baboua. He then visited Kounde, and crossed into German territory, moving on the Ngaoundere. This is where the album ends.

The photographs depict some of the Belgian and French colonial cities. There are excellent images of transportation in Matadi. Brazzaville is the topic of many good architectural photographs. A very interesting set shows the Catholic Mission of Brazzaville in 1901 and 1904 with a unique interior shot of the cathedral. Further inland, the photographs of colonial settlements focus on trading posts, such as Bonga, Kadei, Carnot and Baboma. Many photographs show Africans, indigenous architecture, and celebrations. They focus on the Pomo, the Pande, the Baya (Baja in German writing), and Hausa and Fulbe. Images from Baboma, Kounde and Ngaoundere show indigenous Fulbe architecture, including a series of the Lamido's palace at Ngaoundere, and Fulbe kings, retainers and women. One set depicts women with Fulbe style coiffures of extraordinary complexity (wigs).

Arrangement note:

Images indexed by negative number.

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.

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Negatives

Identifier:

EEPA.1999-004

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f8445360-3f80-468d-8961-c226e1c8682f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1999-004

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1968

General:

Negative/strip number: 24A/25, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0197

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Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Mallam Baba, Family, and Village Scenes

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74a675669-1e23-46e5-9e1c-6fd9e1a4e180

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1000

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1968

General:

Negative/strip number: 25A/26, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0198

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Mallam Baba, Family, and Village Scenes

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72e58d55b-c414-4aec-a5e8-7998dd77f484

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1001

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1968

General:

Negative/strip number: 26A/27, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0199

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Mallam Baba, Family, and Village Scenes

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7290c94fe-5b61-47f2-ac25-1913235ac9ea

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1002

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1968

General:

Negative/strip number: 27A/28, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0200

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Mallam Baba, Family, and Village Scenes

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo762278280-df12-4948-a604-34cd18a64ba6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1003

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1968

General:

Negative/strip number: 28A/29, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0201

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Mallam Baba, Family, and Village Scenes

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7646f08a1-3628-4668-ac36-b49c84061a1c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1004

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1968

General:

Negative/strip number: 29A/30, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0202

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Mallam Baba, Family, and Village Scenes

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ffbc8145-1bb1-402a-a303-ebb82fda726d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1005

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1968

General:

Negative/strip number: 30A/31, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0203

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Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Hausa People Working with Clay

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71319cffb-5be1-4354-bfdb-1305b7ae4518

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1006

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1968

General:

Negative/strip number: 31A/32, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0204

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 6: Yelwa / Hausa People Working with Clay

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c735fea6-820f-4147-b358-c94b1c6e6b60

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1007

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1967-1969

General:

Negative/strip number: 11, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0281

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 4: Unidentified / Hausa Harvest Celebration, Nigeria

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d56c5941-f744-4860-abee-5219b9e2a378

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1084

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1967-1969

General:

Negative/strip number: 13, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0282

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 4: Unidentified / Hausa Harvest Celebration, Nigeria

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d728cfc2-9289-4d25-9eb2-f2e4a3f43258

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1085

Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Jenness, Aylette  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

1967-1969

General:

Negative/strip number: 15, 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:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Aylette Jenness Collection, EEPA 2015-019, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0283

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Aylette Jenness Collection

Aylette Jenness Collection / Series 4: Unidentified / Hausa Harvest Celebration, Nigeria

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76177d904-fb8b-40d0-b779-2019a02dd212

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-019-ref1086