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Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Blog posts

Smithsonian staff publications

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Published Date:

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:30:00 +0000

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Smithsonian Article Database

Data Source:

Smithsonian Magazine

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:posts_fb72bc0db25ceaca07b3f9b2f65f5203

Collection Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Extent:

58 Slides (photographs) (Binder 6)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Date:

circa 1963-circa 1983

Scope and Contents note:

People depicted include the Mende (Sierra Leone), Bororo (Niger), Senoufo (Ivory Coast), Sara (Chad), Mangbetu (Congo), Pokot (Kenya), Masai (Kenya), Ga'ande (Nigeria), Nuba (Sudan), and Bemana (Mali). Many of the photos were taken by other photographers.

Scope and Contents:

[EEPA 2005-002-2988 - EEPA 2005-002-3045]

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 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2005-002, Series 13

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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref254

Creator:

Smithsonian Music  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-08-17T15:39:26.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Music;Entertainers  Search this

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SmithsonianMusic

Data Source:

Smithsonian Music

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianMusic

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_1rArTcRoc4g

Creator:

National Museum of African Art  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-06-02T15:30:05.000Z

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_ANsV30njN34

Collection Creator:

Asch, Moses  Search this

Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this

Folkways Records  Search this

Container:

Box 16, Folder 26

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents note:

Correspondence, proofs, label/cover copy, photographs, liner notes (final)

Cover proofs rehoused to OS04-09

Collection Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322 for additional information.

Collection Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.ASCH, File Asch_02_016_026

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Moses and Frances Asch Collection

Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 2: Folkways Production / 2.1: Production Files

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-asch-ref5621

Collection Creator:

Asch, Moses  Search this

Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this

Folkways Records  Search this

Container:

Box 16, Folder 36

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1978-1981

Scope and Contents note:

Record labels, correspondence, proofs, liner notes (final), contract copy, invoice

Collection Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322 for additional information.

Collection Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.ASCH, File Asch_02_016_036

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Moses and Frances Asch Collection

Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 2: Folkways Production / 2.1: Production Files

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-asch-ref5641

Flower Color:

Green; White lip with red band

Range:

Sierra Leone to Ethiopia

Topic:

Orchids  Search this

Common Name:

The Euglossa Eulophia

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Lilianae

Order:

Asparagales

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Genus:

Eulophia

Species:

euglossa

Accession Number:

2012-0580A

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Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2012-0580A

Artist:

Martin Puryear, born Washington, DC 1941  Search this

Medium:

Eastern white pine, mesh, tar

Dimensions:

84 × 181 1/2 × 68 in. (213.4 × 461.0 × 172.7 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1997-2002

Topic:

Abstract  Search this

Object\other\container  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman in memory of Nan Tucker McEvoy, gift of Lucy S. Rhame, and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

Copyright:

© 1997-2002, Martin Puryear

Object number:

2017.18

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3rd Floor, East Wing

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a72292ab-392d-4460-928c-300206f0c57d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2017.18

Physical Description:

wood (overall material)

delete (tines delete)

Measurements:

overall: 5/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 22.225 cm x 2.2225 cm

Object Name:

fork

Object Type:

cutlery

Other Terms:

Fork; Eating Utensils

Place made:

Sierra Leone

Credit Line:

Charles F. Wiebusch

ID Number:

DL.59.1520B

Catalog number:

59.1520B

Accession number:

111627

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Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-19f0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_321968

Artist:

Biard, A.F.  Search this

Engraver:

Wagstaff, C. E.  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements:

image: 20 in x 28 in; 50.8 cm x 71.12 cm

overall: 24 in x 31 in; 60.96 cm x 78.74 cm

Object Name:

Engraving

Object Type:

Engraving

Place made:

United Kingdom: England, London

Date made:

1863

Subject:

Costume  Search this

Children  Search this

Civil War  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Related event:

Civil War  Search this

Credit Line:

Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

ID Number:

DL.60.2617

Catalog number:

60.2617

Accession number:

228146

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Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life

Domestic Furnishings

Art

American Civil War Prints

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-0faf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_324926

Lithographer; publisher:

Currier & Ives  Search this

Original artist:

Baird, Auguste Francois  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements:

image: 17 in x 23 5/8 in; 43.18 cm x 60.0075 cm

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object Type:

Lithograph

Place made:

United States: New York, New York City

Date made:

after 1863

Subject:

Costume  Search this

Reform Movements  Search this

Blacks  Search this

Civil War  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Related event:

Civil War  Search this

Credit Line:

Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

ID Number:

DL.60.2618

Catalog number:

60.2618

Accession number:

228146

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Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life

Domestic Furnishings

Art

American Civil War Prints

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-0fb0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_473143

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 6.6 cm x 15.55 cm x .01 cm; 2 19/32 in x 6 1/8 in x in

Object Name:

note

Place used:

Liberia

Date made:

2011

Credit Line:

Leigh Gardner

ID Number:

2018.0003.6

Accession number:

2018.0003

Catalog number:

2018.0003.6

Serial number:

EB8582301

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

West African Currency

Exhibition:

The Value of Money

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-3a5f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1874711

Measurements:

overall: 16 1/2 in x 24 1/4 in; 41.91 cm x 61.595 cm

Object Name:

poster, public health

ID Number:

2014.3012.0332

Nonaccession number:

2014.3012

Catalog number:

2014.3012.0332

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-15d5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1461381

Distributor; referenced:

Peace Corps  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

black (overall color)

white (overall color)

Measurements:

overall: 14 in x 8 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 21.59 cm

Object Name:

pamphlet

Referenced:

Sierra Leone

Used date:

1980

Subject:

Food Culture  Search this

Peace Corps  Search this

Books  Search this

ID Number:

2011.0228.27

Accession number:

2011.0228

Catalog number:

2011.0228.27

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Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection

Food

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-6428-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1411762

Measurements:

overall: 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; .635 cm x 3.81 cm

Object Name:

button, polio

button, polio eradication campaign

Date made:

ca 2000

Credit Line:

Gift of Rotary International (through John T. Osterlund)

ID Number:

2005.3017.03

Catalog number:

2005.3017.03

Nonaccession number:

2005.3017

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Antibody Initiative: Polio

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7e8c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1279899

Physical Description:

iron (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 45.8 cm x 9 cm x .48 cm; 18 1/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 3/16 in

Object Name:

Kissi penny

alternative currency

Place used:

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Guinea

Date made:

n.d.

ID Number:

2002.0007.0651

Accession number:

2002.0007

Catalog number:

2002.0007.0651

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

West African Currency

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-7bdc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1255509

Physical Description:

copper (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: .25 cm x 3.1 cm; 3/32 in x 1 7/32 in

Object Name:

coin

Place used:

Sierra Leone

Date made:

1791

Credit Line:

Mint

ID Number:

2001.0009.0077

Collector/donor number:

546-6

Accession number:

2001.0009

Catalog number:

2001.0009.0077

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

West African Currency

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-18e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1251330

Physical Description:

paper (overall materials)

orange and multicolored (face color)

orange and multicolored (back color)

Measurements:

overall: 6.8 cm x 14.8 cm x .01 cm; 2 11/16 in x 5 13/16 in x in

Object Name:

note

Place used:

Sierra Leone

Place of issue:

Sierra Leone

Date made:

1985

Credit Line:

Vagassky, Jan

ID Number:

1991.0354.0133

Catalog number:

1991.0354.0133

Accession number:

1991.0354

Serial number:

766904

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

West African Currency

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-3643-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1076208

Physical Description:

paper (overall materials)

brown and multicolored (face color)

brown and multicolored (back color)

Measurements:

overall: 6.2 cm x 13.7 cm x .01 cm; 2 7/16 in x 5 13/32 in x in

Object Name:

note

Place used:

Sierra Leone

Place of issue:

Sierra Leone

Date made:

1984

Credit Line:

Vagassky, Jan

ID Number:

1991.0354.0134

Catalog number:

1991.0354.0134

Accession number:

1991.0354

Serial number:

142799

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

West African Currency

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-41d7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1076210

Physical Description:

paper (overall materials)

dark green and multicolored (face color)

dark green and multicolored (back color)

Measurements:

overall: 6.8 cm x 14.8 cm x .01 cm; 2 11/16 in x 5 13/16 in x in

Object Name:

note

Place used:

Sierra Leone

Place of issue:

Sierra Leone

Date made:

1984

Credit Line:

Vagassky, Jan

ID Number:

1991.0354.0135

Catalog number:

1991.0354.0135

Accession number:

1991.0354

Serial number:

003601

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

West African Currency

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-3f35-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1076215