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Children, Mokwe village, Niger Province, Nigeria. The date on the slide is NOV 59.
Local Numbers:
B 2 NPE 2.3.1 EE 59
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Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life no. 58482 65
Frame value is 4.
Slide No. B 2 NPE 2.3.1 EE 59
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Children, Mokwe village, Niger Province, Nigeria. The date on the slide is NOV 59.
Local Numbers:
B 2 NPE 2.3.2 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life no. 58482 65
Frame value is 5.
Slide No. B 2 NPE 2.3.2 EE 59
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Children, Mokwe village, Niger Province, Nigeria. The date on the slide is NOV 59.
Local Numbers:
B 2 NPE 2.4 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life no. 58482 65
Frame value is 14.
Slide No. B 2 NPE 2.4 EE 59
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Children, Mokwe village, Niger Province, Nigeria. The date on the slide is NOV 59.
Local Numbers:
B 2 NPE 2.5 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life no. 58482 65
Frame value is 8.
Slide No. B 2 NPE 2.5 EE 59
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Children, Mokwe village, Niger Province, Nigeria. The date on the slide is NOV 59.
Local Numbers:
B 2 NPE 2.6 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life no. 58482 65
Frame value is 6.
Slide No. B 2 NPE 2.6 EE 59
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Children, Mokwe village, Niger Province, Nigeria. The date on the slide is NOV 59.
Local Numbers:
B 2 NPE 2.7 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life no. 58482 65
Frame value is 9.
Slide No. B 2 NPE 2.7 EE 59
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Children, Mokwe village, Niger Province, Nigeria. The date on the slide is NOV 59.
Local Numbers:
B 2 NPE 2.8 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life no. 58482 65
Frame value is 11.
Slide No. B 2 NPE 2.8 EE 59
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This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
Local Numbers:
A 2 NPE 30 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life Magazine no. 58482 59
Frame value is 19.
Slide No. A 2 NPE 30 EE 59
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Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life Magazine no. 58482 59
Frame value is 18.
Slide No. A 2 NPE 31 EE 59
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Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Time Life Magazine no.58482 59
Frame value is 16.
Slide No. A 2 NPE 31.1 EE 59
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Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Frame value is 17.
Time Life Magazine no. 58482 59
Slide No. A 2 NPE 32 EE 59
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This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
Local Numbers:
A 2 NPE 33 EE 59
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Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Frame value is 0.
Slide No. A 2 NPE 33 EE 59
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"The smallest nucleated settlement among rural societies in Niger state is a compound, known as emi in Nupe. A number of compounds make up a ward known as efu in Nupe, while a number of wards make up a village, known as tunga in Nupe. Each compound also contains an entrance hall, known to be used as a meeting place, for recreation, to settle dispute and as a guest room, while the larger open space within the compound are used for carrying out activities such as pottery making, wood carving, basket making, ..." [Aiyedun K. and Oyerinde S.,1998: Traditional Architecture among rural Communities in Niger State: An Ethnoarcheological Study.]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
Local Numbers:
H 2 NPE 1 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
58482 62
Frame value is 5.
Slide No. H 2 NPE 1 EE 59
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"The smallest nucleated settlement among rural societies in Niger state is a compound, known as emi in Nupe. A number of compounds make up a ward known as efu in Nupe, while a number of wards make up a village, known as tunga in Nupe. Each compound also contains an entrance hall, known to be used as a meeting place, for recreation, to settle dispute and as a guest room, while the larger open space within the compound are used for carrying out activities such as pottery making, wood carving, basket making, ..." [Aiyedun K. and Oyerinde S.,1998: Traditional Architecture among rural Communities in Niger State: An Ethnoarcheological Study.]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
Local Numbers:
H 2 NPE 2 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
58482 62
Frame value is 12.
Slide No. H 2 NPE 2 EE 59
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"The smallest nucleated settlement among rural societies in Niger state is a compound, known as emi in Nupe. A number of compounds make up a ward known as efu in Nupe, while a number of wards make up a village, known as tunga in Nupe. Each compound also contains an entrance hall, known to be used as a meeting place, for recreation, to settle dispute and as a guest room, while the larger open space within the compound are used for carrying out activities such as pottery making, wood carving, basket making, ..." [Aiyedun K. and Oyerinde S.,1998: Traditional Architecture among rural Communities in Niger State: An Ethnoarcheological Study.]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
Local Numbers:
H 2 NPE 3 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
58482 62
Frame value is 15.
Slide No. H 2 NPE 3 EE 59
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Beadmaking industries still flourish among the Krobo peoples of Ghana and the Nupe peoples in Bida, Nigeria. The beadmaking industry at Bida is famous throughout West Africa. The German ethnologist Leo Frobenius (1873-1938) drew European attention to the beadmakers in Bida in 1911, when he first documented their technique (Frobenius 1968, 434-36). Since then, other scholars have described this technique in their works (see, for example, Carey 1991,12-14). To produce the desired colors for their beads, Nupe beadmakers melt colored glass from bottles or other glass beads in a small, woodburning, clay furnace. They then use iron rods to form the molten glass into various shapes (Frobenius 1968, 434). Finally, the beadmakers decorate their beads with a distinctive white pattern by winding a thin trail of white melted glass around the bead while it is still hot (Carey 1991,14). The fluid colors of the irregularly formed glass beads convey a sense of elegance. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
Local Numbers:
H 2 NPE 4 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
58482 62
Frame value is 17.
Slide No. H 2 NPE 4 EE 59
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Beadmaking industries still flourish among the Krobo peoples of Ghana and the Nupe peoples in Bida, Nigeria. The beadmaking industry at Bida is famous throughout West Africa. The German ethnologist Leo Frobenius (1873-1938) drew European attention to the beadmakers in Bida in 1911, when he first documented their technique (Frobenius 1968, 434-36). Since then, other scholars have described this technique in their works (see, for example, Carey 1991,12-14). To produce the desired colors for their beads, Nupe beadmakers melt colored glass from bottles or other glass beads in a small, woodburning, clay furnace. They then use iron rods to form the molten glass into various shapes (Frobenius 1968, 434). Finally, the beadmakers decorate their beads with a distinctive white pattern by winding a thin trail of white melted glass around the bead while it is still hot (Carey 1991,14). The fluid colors of the irregularly formed glass beads convey a sense of elegance. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
Local Numbers:
H 2 NPE 4.1 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
58482 62
Frame value is 18.
Slide No. H 2 NPE 4.1 EE 59
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Collection Rights:
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Beadmaking industries still flourish among the Krobo peoples of Ghana and the Nupe peoples in Bida, Nigeria. The beadmaking industry at Bida is famous throughout West Africa. The German ethnologist Leo Frobenius (1873-1938) drew European attention to the beadmakers in Bida in 1911, when he first documented their technique (Frobenius 1968, 434-36). Since then, other scholars have described this technique in their works (see, for example, Carey 1991,12-14). To produce the desired colors for their beads, Nupe beadmakers melt colored glass from bottles or other glass beads in a small, woodburning, clay furnace. They then use iron rods to form the molten glass into various shapes (Frobenius 1968, 434). Finally, the beadmakers decorate their beads with a distinctive white pattern by winding a thin trail of white melted glass around the bead while it is still hot (Carey 1991,14). The fluid colors of the irregularly formed glass beads convey a sense of elegance. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
Local Numbers:
H 2 NPE 5 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
58482 62
Frame value is 19.
Slide No. H 2 NPE 5 EE 59
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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