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Masons of Djenné --Changing Times

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Masons of Djenné - City of Mud

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Masons of Djenné -Trading Secrets

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Masons of Djenné --Travels and Troubles

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National Museum of African Art Presents Vernon Reid and Artificial Afrika

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The Bazaars of Bamako - 1972

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Marli Shamir collection

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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Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c5155d06-bf33-40ad-a358-bc1731c83cfe
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2013-009
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Bamako

Photographer:
Shamir, Marli  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Shamir, Marli  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1966-1973
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:
Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7fb195e64-0d56-4668-b721-dde4b904cf8e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2339

Roots of baobab trees, outside of Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Plants trees Baobab with the village 679; 600-1
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.
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 2013-009-0235
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e4109da8-558c-46e1-8b12-fb271b7b8118
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2340

Roots of baobab trees, outside of Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Plants trees Baobab with the village 679; 600-2
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.
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 2013-009-0236
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79ca06239-57cf-4bf5-bf27-ba3ca06d485d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2341

Baobab tree roots, near Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Plants trees Baobab with the village 679; 600-15
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:
Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0246
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7dacb0fbf-d675-45c9-b154-9c1eb53007e6
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ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2342

Baobab tree roots, near Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Plants trees Baobab with the village 679; 600-16
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:
Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0247
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e51b7150-1eed-4949-bee9-c5735a9352ff
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2343

Small waterfall outside of Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Plants trees Baobab with the village 679; 600-18
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:
Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0249
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77c74c4f8-791d-4bb6-871d-76442f3507fa
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2344

Plant with fruit, outside of Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Plants trees Baobab with the village 679; 600-26
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:
Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0250
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a48dba0a-6475-4730-8b9b-42c7f45bd5e0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2345

Plant with fruit, outside of Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Plants trees Baobab with the village 679; 600-27
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:
Marli Shamir collection, EEPA 2013-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0251
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a1ae71ca-a309-41d2-b3b5-77fc0cd563cc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2346

Children sitting near drying mud bricks, in Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Umbaked mud bricks at different places see also index 'construction'; 601-1
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.
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 2013-009-0252
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo734b6a183-68b9-47eb-99b2-8556b0268615
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2347

Child standing near drying mud bricks, in Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Umbaked mud bricks at different places see also index 'construction'; 601-2
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.
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 2013-009-0253
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo780da43fc-85df-43f9-9b93-f458aad4def0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2348

Child standing near drying mud bricks, in Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Umbaked mud bricks at different places see also index 'construction'; 601-3
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.
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 2013-009-0254
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Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7365e2b12-d92b-4426-9928-d6b7a3245d65
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2349

Man building a wall with mud bricks, in Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1969
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Umbaked mud bricks at different places see also index 'construction'; 601-4
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.
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 2013-009-0255
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Marli Shamir collection
Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1969
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bbad495d-1293-493d-a161-925f28b68dd5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2350

Drying mud bricks in Bamako, Mali

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)
Place:
Mali
Bamako (Mali)
Date:
1968
General:
Shamir's original descriptions and negative numbers: Republic of Mali, Umbaked mud bricks at different places see also index 'construction'; 601-5
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.
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 2013-009-0256
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Marli Shamir collection
Marli Shamir collection / Series 1: Negatives / 1.5: Mali / Bamako / 1968
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72485b891-eb23-43d7-b17e-1755dc57e1ff
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2013-009-ref2351

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