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Stitches of partnership two

Author:
Nike Art Gallery (Lagos, Nigeria)  Search this
Physical description:
36 pages illustrations (colour) 21 x 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2013
Topic:
Art, Nigerian  Search this
Art, Yoruba  Search this
Painting, Nigerian  Search this
Art nigérian  Search this
Art yoruba  Search this
Peinture nigériane  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161442

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-11-04T18:17:31.000Z
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_mjrgVtlHVOk

Four neo-uli artists : a sketch

Author:
Ezeh, P.-J  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Ikwuemesi, C. Krydz  Search this
Udechukwu, Obiora 1946-  Search this
Aniakor, Chike Cyril  Search this
Okeke, Uche 1933-2016  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2005
Topic:
Uli (Painting technique).)  Search this
Uli artists  Search this
Call number:
N7399.N52 N789
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_805845

Uli in product design

Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
2005
Topic:
Uli (Painting technique).)  Search this
Design  Search this
Uli designs  Search this
Call number:
N7399.N52 N789
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_805851

The next 50 years : contemporary Nigerian art : Omenka Gallery / John Ogene

Author:
Ogene, John 1960-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Omenka Gallery (Lagos, Nigeria)  Search this
Society of Nigerian Artists  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Nigeria
Lagos
Date:
2014
21st century
Topic:
Art, Nigerian  Search this
Call number:
N1 .A788
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1067952

American Art in Dialogue with Africa - 7 - Artists Travel to Africa

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
Symposia
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2013-11-06T15:07:29.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
See more by:
americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_m5tXjWkQDWg

Presentation spyglass that led to the capture of Spanish slave ship "Vengador"

Manufactured by:
Watkins and Hill, British, 1818 - 1857  Search this
Used by:
Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget, British, 1811 - 1895  Search this
Received by:
Sir Llewelyn Turner, British, 1823 - 1903  Search this
Medium:
glass, mahogany, and brass
Dimensions:
H x W: 3 x 36 x 3 in. (7.6 x 91.4 x 7.6 cm)
Type:
optical instruments
Place made:
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Place used:
Caribbean
Cultural Place:
Spain, Europe
Place depicted:
Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
Date:
1818-1838; presented 1866-1895
Topic:
African American  Search this
Colonialism  Search this
Commerce  Search this
Law  Search this
Military  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Spanish colonialism  Search this
Trans Atlantic slave trade  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2009.33
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:
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Awards and Medals
Tools and Equipment-Occupational
Exhibition:
Slavery and Freedom
On View:
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56677be84-00b1-46fa-9c1b-2a0db0a7db9e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.33

Bead String

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Nigerian  Search this
Object Type:
Bead String
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419572-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36a4c336e-281b-4fb7-8c16-2c32ff8ba763
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452050

Bead Necklace

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Nigerian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419574-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cdb722a2-6f76-4a99-b9dd-92a2fad55b25
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452052

Bead Necklace

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Nigerian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419575-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f0506d0a-1275-47b8-930d-25c6f7d730bc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452053
Online Media:

Bead Necklace

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Nigerian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419576-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cab9b35a-30f3-4f98-977a-38423f4b7b75
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452054

Bead Necklace

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Nigerian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419577-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c41b0f7f-78af-4b43-8ee6-34844b443eda
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452055

Bead Necklace

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Nigerian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419579-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3181142b5-c520-4a90-bc88-e8a24dde8217
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452057

Bead Necklace

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Nigerian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419584-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30ef5d10c-7e8d-4cc1-b412-e48a5191406e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452063

Bead Necklace

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Nigerian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419585-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3310b4dcd-f5e1-40c4-9476-11e6bead1181
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452064

Bead Necklace

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Nigerian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419587-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33a834140-6a45-443e-b04a-6717753e6056
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452066

Sample Bead String

Collector:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Donor Name:
Mrs. Bruce F. Williams  Search this
Culture:
Not Given  Search this
Object Type:
Bead String
Place:
Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
Accession Date:
12 Nov 1980
Collection Date:
1971 to 1972
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
343153
USNM Number:
E419589-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fb6f0c05-2444-41ae-8527-554e7d01913b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452068
Online Media:

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection

Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
1,615 Color slides (color, 35 mm)
circa 400 Photographic prints (3 x 5 inches, 5 x 7 inches)
1 box Manuscripts (document genre)
52 Cassettes (Audiocassettes- music, lectures, field records, interviews)
1 Videocassette
1 CD-R (CD-ROM)
1 Notebook
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Ibibio (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color slides
Photographic prints
Manuscripts (document genre)
Cassettes
Videocassettes
Cd-rs
Notebooks
Place:
Africa, West
Nigeria
Lagos (Nigeria)
Date:
circa 1973-circa mid-1980s
Summary:
This collection contains a variety of materials including 1,615 color slides, circa 400 photographic prints, 1 box of manuscript materials, 1 notebook, 52 audio and 1 video cassettes, and 1 CD-ROM. Many of the slides and photographs were taken during Houlberg's field work in Nigeria (1973-1975) and depict Ibeji figures, wood carvings, Egungun masquerades and masks, twins, portraits, hairstyles, festivals, shrines, textiles, and peoples including the Yoruba, Ekoi, Ibibio, and Ogoni. The audiocassettes consist of lectures, music, field records, and interviews.
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains 1,615 color slides, circa 400 photographic prints, 1 box of manuscript materials, 1 notebook, 52 audio and 1 video cassettes, and 1 CD-ROM. The slides item-level finding aid has been added to Houlberg's previous accession, EEPA 2005-002. Many of the slides were taken during Houlberg's field work in Nigeria (1973-1975) and depict Ibeji figures, wood carvings, textiles, portraits, and peoples including the Yoruba, Ekoi, Ibibio, and Ogoni. The photographic prints include images of wooden figures, Ibeji figures, hair styles, masquerade masks, twins, portraits, and carvings by Awenke of Ketu, Yesufu Ejiboye, Ogunyomi Sona, and Awolowo Adelaku of Ikenne. Events documented include age grade processions, market scenes, the Agemo festival, and both Egungun masquerades and Gelede at Otu. There are also photographs of shrines which include the Abiku, Shango, Dada, Shoponu, and Odudua shrines. The photographs were primarily taken in Ilishan, Balufon, Ikenne, Lagos, the Field Museum (Chicago), and Akio, Ijebu.

The manuscript materials date to the 1980s and include correspondence related to Nigerian museum objects, correspondence with Susan Vogel about an Edan Ogboni photograph, articles about African art, exhibit catalogues, business cards, Nigerian and Haitian studio photography, travel brochures, and essays about styles of carving.

A few of the photographs were taken by Mark Schiltz.
Biographical / Historical:
Artist, anthropologist, and art historian Dr. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939. Houlberg received an Associate of Arts degree from Wright Junior College (1959) and a BFA from the University of Chicago (1963). After graduating, she traveled to North Africa and explored Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. In 1964, Houlberg researched Haitian art, religion, and indigenous photography in Haiti and in 1965 was awarded a scholarship for graduate study from the University of Chicago. There she completed her MAT in Art History in 1967. Following graduation, Houlberg worked at the Nigerian Museum in Lagos, where she documented Yoruba sculpture, masquerades, religion, body art, and indigenous photography. She began her teaching career at the University of Chicago as a lecturer on African art and African civilization, working there from 1971 to 1973. At the University of London, Houlberg earned a Masters in Anthropology, producing the thesis Yoruba Twin Sculpture and Ritual (1973). She also extensively photographed her travels abroad in Yorubaland. Between 1974 and 1990, Houlberg taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, Kalamazoo College, and Northwestern University. From 1974 to 2008 she continued teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, lecturing on Yoruba art and ritual in West Africa and the New World, and the art and ritual of Vodou in Haiti. Houlberg has lectured worldwide at numerous museums and symposiums since 1972, including in Lagos, Nigeria; Jacmel, Haiti; Toronto, Canada; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; and Cologne, Germany. Her essays have been published in several issues of African Arts. Some of Houlberg's significant publications include Arts of the Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou, in Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora (2008) and Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou: Lasiren, Queen of Mermaids, in Mami-Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African-Atlantic World (2008). The exhibition Mami-Wata at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (2009) featured her photographs.
Related Materials:
The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives also holds several other collections by Marilyn Houlberg: one collection documents Nigeria (EEPA 2005-002) and two others document Haiti (EEPA 2012-004 and EEPA 2015-016).
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:
Egúngún (Cult)  Search this
Ere ibeji  Search this
Shrines  Search this
Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this
Fashion  Search this
Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2015-015, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2015-015
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ed67a8df-efd6-4a3e-ac4f-51015fd6258c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2015-015

Field Book 1, Lagos, Nigeria

Collection Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1970
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.
Collection Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2015-015, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection / Field Notes
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7eab2ecac-819a-4fd6-bba4-6c8d3053abd1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-015-ref3

Field Book 2, Lagos, Nigeria

Collection Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1970
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.
Collection Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2015-015, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection / Field Notes
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a6a9092d-28a5-48cd-92fd-f45d68a99899
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2015-015-ref4

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