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Photographer:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this

Extent:

225 Photographic prints (silver gelatin (3 boxes), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)

Container:

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Culture:

Mpongwe (African people)  Search this

Mende (African people)  Search this

Mama (African people)  Search this

Lumbu  Search this

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Punu (African people)  Search this

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Boki (African people)  Search this

Asante (African people)  Search this

Dogon (African people)  Search this

Baule (African people)  Search this

Ijo (African people)  Search this

Fang (West African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Côte d'Ivoire

Date:

1935

Summary:

Peoples and kingdoms whose art works are shown include the Asante, Baule, Benin, Boki, Dogon, Fang (Pahouin), Ijo, Kuba, Lumbu, Mama, Mende, Mpongwe, Punu and Yoruba. Objects depicted include garments, doors, fly whisks, gold weights, headrests, jewelry, masks, musical instrument such as bells and rhythym pounders, power figures, pipes, staff finials, stools and wood sculptures of men and women.

Biographical/Historical note:

Walker Evans, 1903-1975, photographer and educator. Studied at Williams College in 1923 and the Sorbonne in Paris in 1926, worked as a photographer for the Farm Security administration from 1935 to 1937, worked as a contributing editor to Time magazine from 1943 to 1945, and served as an associate editor and staff photographer at Fortune magazine from 1946 to 1965. Mr. Evans also taught graphic arts at Yale University and served as artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College.

General 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.

Topic:

Art objects  Search this

Genre/Form:

Black-and-white photographs

Photographic prints

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-010

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Walker Evans photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77773fd1f-a9ce-4f87-b46f-a45e7c2568a3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1985-010

Creator:

Holy Ghost Fathers  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Culture:

Mpongwe (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Gabon

Date:

[ca. 1910]

Scope and Contents:

Printed caption on recto reads: "Congo Français - Une famille Catholique Mpongwée."

Translated caption reads: "French Congo - A Catholic Mpongwe family."

Printed text on verso reads: "Missions des Pères du St-Esprit; La Congrégation du St-Esprit vouée au Salut de la race noire évangélise le tiers de l'Afrique, les Antilles et une grande partie de l'Amérique. Elle se consacre aux races et œuvres les plus abandonnées."

Local Numbers:

EEPA GO-20-06

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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:

Portrait photography -- Africa  Search this

Costume -- Africa  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GO 2012-001-1188

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 19: Gabon (GO)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7feb514d1-3b1a-47a7-bb7d-a805c85e19b2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4742

Donor Name:

Volkerkunde Museum  Search this

Culture:

Mpongwe  Search this

Object Type:

Dagger/Sheath

Place:

Gabon River, Gabon, Africa

Accession Date:

19 Feb 1883

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

83A00011

USNM Number:

E72735-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38db08efb-99aa-43db-88a4-7fa458315fc1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8476572

Author:

Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton) 1809-1886  Search this

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions  Search this

Physical description:

viii, [9]-94 p. fold. tables. 23 cm

Type:

Dictionaries

Date:

1847

Topic:

Mpongwe language--Grammar  Search this

Mpongwe language--Dictionaries--English  Search this

English language--Mpongwe  Search this

Call number:

PL8531 .W5X

PL8531.W5X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_74286

Author:

Milligan, Robert H  Search this

Physical description:

328 p. illus. 23 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

Gabon

Date:

1970

[1970]

Topic:

Study and teaching  Search this

Missions  Search this

Fetishism  Search this

Call number:

DT546.142 .M5 1970X

DT546.142.M5 1970X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_4986

Author:

Merlet, Annie  Search this

Physical description:

351 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Gabon

Date:

1990

To 1839

1839-1960

Topic:

History  Search this

Relations  Search this

Call number:

DT546.165.M46 1990X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_436514

Author:

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Date:

1979

Topic:

Art, Mpongwe  Search this

Call number:

Z3516.5 .B582

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_753473

Author:

Hauser, André  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Gabon

Date:

1954

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Ethnic groups  Search this

Call number:

QH3 .B936b

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_753167

Author:

Bucher, Henry Hale 1936-  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Date:

1975

Topic:

Origin  Search this

Migrations  Search this

History  Search this

Call number:

DT19 .H673

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_760838

Author:

Clarke, Erskine 1941-  Search this

Subject:

Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton) 1809-1886  Search this

Wilson, Jane Bayard 1809-1885  Search this

Presbyterian Church in the U.S Missions  Search this

Presbyterian Church in the U.S Missions  Search this

Physical description:

xxii, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Type:

Biography

Place:

Liberia

Gabon

United States

Date:

2013

Topic:

Missionaries  Search this

Grebo (African people)--Missions  Search this

Mpongwe (African people)--Missions  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1030676

Author:

Gautier, Jean Marie  Search this

Physical description:

69, [2] p. illus, ports., map 27 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1950

Call number:

DT546.1.G3X 1950

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_293967

Author:

Bucher, Henry Hale 1936-  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Gabon

Date:

1986

Topic:

Commerce  Search this

Slave trade  Search this

History  Search this

Call number:

HT1048 .A83 1986X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_537469

Author:

Griffon du Bellay, F (Frédéric)  Search this

L'Aulnoit, Houzé de  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Subject:

Denis King of the Mpongwe ca. 1780-1876  Search this

Yondogowiro King of the Galwa  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Gabon

Date:

1865

19th century

Topic:

Kele (Gabon people)  Search this

Description and travel  Search this

Call number:

G1 .T727

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_985216

Author:

Bucher, Henry Hale 1936-  Search this

Physical description:

xiv, 455 leaves : ill., maps

Type:

Books

Place:

Gabon

Date:

1977

1985

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

History  Search this

Call number:

DT546.145.M66 B919 1977a

DT546.145.M66 B919 1977a

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_289457

Author:

Patterson, K. David (Karl David) 1941-  Search this

Physical description:

ix, 167 p. : 2 maps ; 23 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Gabon

Date:

1975

To 1839

1839-1960

Topic:

Slave trade  Search this

History  Search this

Call number:

DT546.142.P36X 1975

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_275907

Author:

Akelaguelo, Aganga  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Gabon

Ogooué River Valley (Gabon)

Date:

1984

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Lumbo  Search this

Call number:

DT1 .P933

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_516736

Author:

Patterson, K. David (Karl David) 1941-  Search this

Physical description:

iv, 283 leaves : 2 maps

Type:

Books

Place:

Gabon

Date:

1971

1985

To 1839

1839-1960

Topic:

History  Search this

Call number:

DT546.145.M66 P317 1971a

DT546.145.M66 P317 1971a

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_289456

Author:

Bucher, Henry Hale 1936-  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Gabon

Libreville (Gabon)

Date:

1979

Topic:

Forced labor  Search this

History  Search this

Colonization  Search this

Call number:

QH3 .B936b

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1079321

Author:

Delorme, A  Search this

Holy Ghost Fathers  Search this

Physical description:

xii, 354 p. 19 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1877

Topic:

French language--Dictionaries--Mpongwe  Search this

Call number:

mfc211n

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_113394

Author:

Nassau, Robert Hamill 1835-1921  Search this

Physical description:

250 pages 20 cm

Type:

Folklore

Place:

Africa, West

West Africa

Date:

1912

Topic:

Animals  Search this

Benga (African people)  Search this

Fang (African people)  Search this

Fang (West African people)  Search this

Mpongwe (African people)  Search this

Tales  Search this

Call number:

GR350.3 .N37 1912

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1063984