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Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Former owner:

Harris, Nancy H.  Search this

Extent:

258 Negatives (photographic) (black & white, 8 x 10.5 cm.)

308 Lantern slides (black & white, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

1,446 Photographic prints ((contact prints) (5 vols.), black & white, 6 x 13 cm. or smaller )

46 Photographic prints (black & white, 48 x 58 cm. or smaller.)

556 Negatives (photographic) (glass plate stereographic negatives , black & white, 6 x 13 cm.)

Container:

Item 1

Disk 1

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Lantern slides

Photographic prints

Stereographs

Glass negatives

Place:

Africa

Brazzaville (Congo)

Matadi (Congo)

Tanganyika, Lake

Kalemie (Congo)

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Lusambo (Congo)

Kinshasa (Congo)

Date:

1909-1958

bulk 1909-1928

Summary:

Photographs taken by Judge Emile E.O. Gorlia during five journeys through the Belgian Congo and two vacation leaves, one in Belgium and one in the Canaries Islands, 1909-1928 and at the World Exposition in Brussels (1958). The collection dates from 1909-1958.

His first mission was from January 1910 to January 1912; the second, from February 1915 to March 1917; the third, from December 1917 to April 1920; the fourth, from November 1920 to February 1923 and, the fifth, from March 1926 to December 1928. For his first four missions at Lusambo in the Kasai province, district of Sankuru, Emile Gorlia was acting as an alternate to the public officer at one of the seven tribunals of first instance. During his fifth and final mission, he was promoted as president of the Court at Albertville in the ditrict of Katanga.

Judge E.O. Gorlia was a keen amateur photographer with the advantage of not only traveling extensively around the state but also with the privilege of being able to afford the time and money to produce a prolific number of images. His images illustrate with great detail the full experience of a government official in mission in the Belgian Congo, starting in Antwerp at the pier of this Belgian harbor and taking up his duties at Lusambo, an administrative town in the hearth of th Belgian congo. The majority of images are of the following Belgian Congo districts, Lower Congo, Kassai, Sankuru, and Katanga. They include the cities of Banana, Boma, Matadi, Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), Lusambo, Luebo, Dilolo, Albertville (now Kalemie) in the Belgian Congo, Brazzaville in the French Equatorial africa, Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, Tabora and Kigoma in tanganyika, Dakar in Senegal, Conakry in Guinea, Freetown in Sierra Leone, Port Said in Egypt and finally Casablanca in Morocco. There are also images of villages scenes and portraits of the Tetela, Songye, Luba, Kanioka, Lunda, Chokwe, Pende, Bangala and Kuba.

Also included are images of the natural environment as the Congo river, the Kasai and Sankuru rivers, the banks of Lake Tanganyika and the savanna-woodland of the western part of the Katanga district as well as as the south part of the Sankuru region.

Arrangement note:

Arranged chronologically by trip.

Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. 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:

Congo -- Description and Travel -- 1881-1950  Search this

Congo -- History -- 1908-1960  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Stereographs

Photographic prints

Glass negatives

Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001

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Emile Gorlia photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo723e5ab83-3381-4e55-b672-1a04694c9d98

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1977-001

Former owner:

National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (4 minutes, black-and-white silent; 100 feet, 16mm)

Culture:

Ikoma  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Silent films

Place:

Africa, East

Tanzania

Date:

circa 1938

Scope and Contents:

Footage of unknown origin of Ikoma women, Tanganyika (Tanzania), dancing in an open area.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Local Numbers:

HSFA 1991.15.1

Provenance:

Received from the National Museum of African Art in 1991.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Dance  Search this

Genre/Form:

silent films

Citation:

Ikoma Dance, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

HSFA.1991.15

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9c2eda8b9-2c8c-4cfd-96de-0b7df6080049

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1991-15

Extent:

120 Postcards ((silver gelatin prints), black & white, 9 x 14 cm.)

3 Photographic prints ((silver gelatin), black & white, 26.5 x 19.7 cm. or smaller)

3 Drawings (visual works) (black & white, 29.8 x 22.7 cm. or smaller)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Postcards

Photographic prints

Drawings (visual works)

Drawings

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Senegal

Congo (Democratic Republic)

South Africa

Date:

between 1924-1935

Scope and Contents note:

The photographs belong to the series of 417 images, entitled "L'Afrique qui disparaît", which Casimir Zagourski (1883-1944), a Polish photographer who lived in Léopoldville, created in the years between 1924 and 1935. He edited the series in different forms. One of the postcards includes a mistake in the captioning which could occur in the printing process. There are three larger unique silver gelatin prints. These images and several postcards were framed in the display frames. The three pen and ink drawings by are signed "Henry," and were framed.

Arrangement note:

postcards:organized in one volume and arranged numerically by original postcard number

prints:organized in one box

frames:organized in nine boxes

Biographical/Historical note:

Casimir d'Ostoja Zagourski (1880-1941) was a Polish nobleman and professional studio photographer, who had maintained a studio in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), Congo, between the World Wars. He travelled across the Belgian Congo, Rwanda-Burundi Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda and French Equatorial Afrique in 1926 to take photographs for his collective photo album "L'Afrique Qui Disparait".

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.

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Drawings

Picture postcards

Identifier:

EEPA.2002-005

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Casimir Zagourski photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo747a5953d-f035-4319-8f79-f22d71205f3d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2002-005

Photographer:

Zagourski, Casimir  Search this

Extent:

6 Negatives (photographic) (dupe negatives, black & white, 4 x 5 in.)

375 Postcards (1 volume, black & white, 9 x 14 cm.)

437 Photographic prints (12 folders, copy prints; black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller )

4 Contact sheets

Container:

Item 6

Box 3

Volume 1

Volume 2

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Postcards

Photographic prints

Contact sheets

Black-and-white photographs

Negatives

Place:

Kinshasa (Congo)

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa 1925

Summary:

The collection includes (6) 4 x 5 copy negatives, 375 postcards, 437 copy prints and 4 contact sheets.

Arrangement note:

Arranged in order as published in Zagourski's photo album, "L'Afrique Qui Disparait". .

Biographical/Historical note:

Casimir d'Ostoja Zagourski (1880-1941) was a Polish nobleman and professional studio photographer who had maintained a studio in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa in Zaire) between the World Wars. He travelled across the Belgian Congo, Rwanda-Burundi Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda and French Equatorial Afrique in 1926 to take photographs for his collective photo album "L'Afrique Qui Disparait".

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.

Genre/Form:

Black-and-white photographs

Negatives

Postcards

Photographic prints

Citation:

Casimir Zagourski photographs, EEPA 1987-0024, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1987-024

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Casimir Zagourski photographs

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ef316392-fd01-4e36-a4d9-c3b679a127ca

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1987-024

Correspondent:

Conklin, Harold C., 1926-2016  Search this

Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold), 1915-2001  Search this

Creator:

Harwood, Alan  Search this

Extent:

27 Linear feet (60 boxes, 2 manuscript folders), 8 sound recordings, 35 computer disks, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder, 1 map drawer)

Culture:

Chinese Americans  Search this

Irish Americans  Search this

Jamaican Americans  Search this

Puerto Ricans  Search this

Safwa (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilms

Sound recordings

Photographic prints

Field notes

Place:

Bronx (New York, N.Y.)

Boston (Mass.)

Mbeya Region (Tanzania)

Date:

circa 1940s-2001

bulk 1953-2001

Summary:

Alan Harwood is a Professor Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Boston in the Anthropology Department. Trained in social anthropology he has studied illness and healing in Tanzania and communities in New York City and Boston. Harwood was the founding editor of Medical Anthropology Quarterly (new series, 1986-1991) and series editor of Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology (1999-2004) The bulk of this collection is composed of Alan Harwood's 1962-1964 ethnographic research among the Safwa in Tanzania (then known as Tanganyika); his research on health beliefs and medical practices of residents in a low-income area of the Bronx, New York (1967-1970); and his research in Boston, Massachusetts on different ethnic groups' conceptions of health (1994-1995). Also among his papers are materials from his involvement in the Centers for Disease Control and American Anthropological Association (AAA) Workgroup on "The Use of Race & Ethnicity as Scientific Categories" at the 1994 AAA meeting.

Scope and Contents:

The bulk of the collection is composed of Alan Harwood's ethnographic research among the Safwa in Tanzania (then known as Tanganyika); his research on health beliefs and medical practices of residents in a low-income area of the Bronx, New York; and his research in Boston, Massachusetts on different ethnic groups' conceptions of health. The few photographs in the collection are aerial views of Isyesye, where he conducted his Safwa research, and images from Utengule taken by White Fathers and dating from the 1940s. The collection also contains Harwood's linguistic recordings of Kimalila and of Kisafwa and Kinyiha spoken in various dialects. In addition, the collection contains sound recordings of Safwa ceremonies and an audio letter from Harold Conklin, Mario Bick, Georgeda Buchbinder Bick, and Michiko Takaki. Also among his papers are his correspondence as the editor of Medical Anthropology Quarterly and of Ethnicity and Medical Care; materials from his involvement in the Centers for Disease Control and American Anthropological Association (AAA) Workgroup on "The Use of Race & Ethnicity as Scientific Categories" at the 1994 AAA meeting; and letters of recommendation (restricted until 2056) that Harwood wrote for students and colleagues. In addition, the collection contains Harwood's course notes as an undergraduate student at Harvard and as a graduate student at University of Michigan and Columbia University. The collection also contains Harwood's research notes on North Luzon as Conklin's student research assistant at Columbia University. Harwood's correspondence is spread throughout the collection and filed by project. Among his notable correspondents are Harold Conklin and Joseph Greenberg. Their letters can be found with the Safwa materials.

Arrangement:

Arranged into 8 series: (1) Safwa Research, 1961-1970; (2) Bronx Research, 1957-1986; (3) Boston Research, 1993-1996; (4) Professional Activities, 1975-2001; (5) Student Files, 1953-1962; (6) Microfilm; (7) Photographs, circa 1940s & 1963; (8) Sound Recordings, 1962-1964

Biographical/Historical note:

Alan Harwood was born on March 20, 1935 in Tarrytown, New York. He earned his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, in Social Relations from Harvard University in 1957 and attended the London School of Economics on a one year fellowship the following year. When he returned to the United States, he began his graduate studies in anthropology at the University of Michigan, earning his M.A. in 1960. He went on to Columbia University for his doctorate, which he was awarded in 1967.

Under a pre-doctoral fellowship funded by the Social Science Research Council, Harwood conducted ethnographic research on the Safwa of the southwestern region of Tanganyika (now known as Tanzania). From September 1962 to 1964, Harwood carried out his research mainly in the village of Isyesye, near Mbeya, Southern Highlands Region. At the time, witchcraft accusations were common, and it thus became the subject of his dissertation, Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Social Categories among the Safwa, later published in 1970.

In 1967, Harwood was hired by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center (formerly called the Neighborhood Medical Care Demonstration) in Bronx, New York. From 1967 to 1970, he directed a study on the health, illness, and medical beliefs and practices of residents in a low-income area of the south Bronx. One of the articles produced from this research was Harwood's "The Hot-Cold Theory of Disease: Implications for Treatment of Puerto Rican Patients" (1971). Harwood also looked at spiritism among the Puerto Rican community, which led to his publication, Rx: Spiritist as Needed: A Study of a Puerto Rican Community Mental Health Resource (1977).

From 1994 to 1995, Harwood was the co-principal investigator of a study conducted under the Tufts New England Medical Center on conceptions of health and well-being among 4 ethnic groups in Boston: African Americans, Mandarin-speaking Chinese Americans, Irish Americans, and Puerto Ricans. Harwood led the group studying Irish Americans.

In addition to his research, Harwood was the founding editor of Medical Anthropology Quarterly (new series, 1986-1991) and series editor of Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology (1999-2004) and of Studies in Medical Anthropology (2004-2006). He also edited Ethnicity and Medical Care (1981), a book geared towards health professionals.

In 1971, Harwood spent a year in New Zealand as a visiting senior lecturer at the University of Auckland. From 1972 to 2002, he was a professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. During his tenure, he also served as adjunct professor in the Department of Psychology (1993-2002) and as associate dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences (1998-2001). In addition, he was a lecturer in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School (1992-present).

In 1982, Harwood was honored with the Wellcome Medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland for Research in Anthropology as Applied to Medical Problems. He is also a Fellow of the American Anthropological Association and of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Restrictions:

Materials that identify the participants in Harwood's Bronx and Boston studies are restricted until 2056.

Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

African Americans  Search this

Medical anthropology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Microfilms

Sound recordings

Photographic prints

Field notes

Citation:

Alan Harwood Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Digitization and preparation of materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Identifier:

NAA.2006-25

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Alan Harwood Papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39b5f5a44-d962-4a39-bef9-c0d96eca37af

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2006-25

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

R. E. Tanner  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

On rocks in thicket.  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1219  Search this

Place:

Tanganyika, Lake Prov., Musoma, Bukwaya, Nyabekwali, Chamatoze, Mwanza, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

12 Apr 1959

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae

Published Name:

Grona barbata var. procumbens (B.G. Schub.) H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi

Desmodium barbatum var. procumbens B.G. Schub.

Barcode:

01950055

USNM Number:

3723901

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/348474745-f7e0-4db0-844d-f5a64519225b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14250004

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

R. E. Tanner  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Side of road and ditches.  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1372  Search this

Place:

Tanganyika; Lake Province; Musoma, Majita, Nyambono, Mara, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

22 Apr 1959

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae

Published Name:

Grona barbata var. dimorpha (Welw. ex Baker) H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi

Desmodium barbatum var. dimorphum (Welw. ex Baker) B.G. Schub.

Barcode:

01950056

USNM Number:

3723902

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31106cd03-fcb4-4f68-a312-6629bca8136b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14250009

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

T. G. Jefford  Search this

B. E. Juniper  Search this

C. D. Mgaza  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

On cleared ground near shamba. Frequent.  Search this

Min. Elevation:

2012  Search this

Place:

Tanganyika Expedition. Ujamba. Mpand District: Mahali Mts., Kigoma, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

28 Jul 1958

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae

Published Name:

Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill

Desmodium repandum (Vahl) DC.

Barcode:

01950060

USNM Number:

3716197

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32b469028-4a44-4720-9411-24e5ca538dc4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14250115

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

J. Newbould  Search this

T. G. Jefford  Search this

B. E. Juniper  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Selambula: on damp sandy soil at river mouth.  Search this

Min. Elevation:

823  Search this

Place:

Tanganyika Expedition. Mpanda District: Mahali Mts., Kigoma, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

14 Sep 1958

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae

Published Name:

Pleurolobus salicifolius (Poir.) H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi

Desmodium salicifolium (Poir.) DC. var. salicifolium

Barcode:

01950065

USNM Number:

3716193

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/382093edd-6655-456b-b8a2-3511cf517571

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14250530

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

T. G. Jefford  Search this

B. E. Juniper  Search this

Place:

Tanganyika Expedition. Mpanda District: Mahali Mts. Lubugwe: path from village to lake shore., Kigoma, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

11 Jul 1958

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae

Published Name:

Pleurolobus salicifolius (Poir.) H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi

Desmodium salicifolium (Poir.) DC. var. salicifolium

Barcode:

01950067

USNM Number:

3716191

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36063dd68-7081-4627-88e4-8e2f5c7849f7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14250544

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

T. G. Jefford  Search this

B. E. Juniper  Search this

J. Newbould  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Wet shaded parts of fen wood.  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1372  Search this

Place:

Tanganyika Expedition. Kabesi. Mpanda District: Mahali Mts., Kigoma, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

4 Sep 1958

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae

Published Name:

Pleurolobus salicifolius (Poir.) H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi

Desmodium salicifolium (Poir.) DC.

Barcode:

01950072

USNM Number:

3716186

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36e6a09b1-094f-4c02-809d-976e88606b82

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14250588

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

Sacleux  Search this

Place:

Zanzibar, Tanganyika., Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

Mar 1891

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Oxalidales Oxalidaceae

Published Name:

Averrhoa carambola L.

Barcode:

03297512

USNM Number:

2866429

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bf509bf8-2a5a-468f-9acd-ad74ba2b7c8d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14790856

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

A. Stolz  Search this

Type Citation:

Stapf, O. 1919. Fl. Trop. Africa. 9: 364.

Type Status:

Isotype

Place:

Tanganyika Territory. Kyimbila District, N of Lake Nyasa, Mbeya, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

3 Apr 1914

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Hyparrhenia stolzii Stapf

Hyparrhenia newtonii (Hack.) Staf

Barcode:

01164766

USNM Number:

1038007

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Type Register

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d816859d-0663-4cbc-8d5e-36b9b3dc3dad

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10611948

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

A. Stolz  Search this

Type Citation:

Stapf, O. 1919. Fl. Trop. Africa. 9: 364.

Type Status:

Isotype

Place:

Tanganyika Territory. Kyimbila District, N of Lake Nyasa, Mbeya, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

3 Apr 1914

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Hyparrhenia stolzii Stapf

Hyparrhenia newtonii (Hack.) Staf

Barcode:

01164767

USNM Number:

1298443

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Type Register

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f79d0d47-8daf-4066-abb4-43e6e1a05232

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10611956

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

H. J. Schlieben  Search this

Place:

Stromgebiet des oberen Ruhudje, Landschaft Lupembe, nordlich dess flusses. [TRANSLATED: Upper Ruhudje river basic, Lupembe region, north of the river.], Njombe, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

29 Aug 1931

Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by digital volunteers

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Malpighiales Peraceae

Published Name:

Clutia sp.

Barcode:

01304696

USNM Number:

2214316

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Crowdsourcing Project

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36b1e4ae1-b411-45f6-ae5c-f6d255456732

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11944687

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans  Search this

J. Erens  Search this

Place:

Tanganyika., Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa

Collection Date:

27 Jun 1938

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fagales Myricaceae

Published Name:

Morella salicifolia (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Verdc. & Polhill s.l.

Myrica salicifolia Hochst. ex A. Rich.

Barcode:

03526056

USNM Number:

1940980

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ae20855-cab3-4cdc-9674-0fbd0a4a715e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15007151

Creator:

Reining, Priscilla  Search this

Extent:

2 Flat boxes

60.25 Linear feet (145 boxes)

23 Computer storage devices (floppy discs, zip discs, data tapes, and magnetic tape)

6 Sound recordings

2 Map drawers

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Kikuyu (African people)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Minnesota Chippewa [Red Lake, Minnesota]  Search this

Haya (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Computer storage devices

Sound recordings

Map drawers

Correspondence

Photographs

Electronic records (digital records)

Place:

Tanganyika

Tanzania

Kenya

Uganda

Niger

Burkina Faso

Bukoba District (Tanzania)

Date:

1916-2007

bulk 1934-2007

Summary:

The Priscilla Reining papers, 1916-2007, primarily document the professional life of Reining, a social anthropologist and Africanist who worked for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from 1974 to 1989. Her area of specialty was sub-Saharan Africa, specializing in desertification, land tenure, land use, kinship, population, fertility, and HIV/AIDS. During the 1970s, she pioneered the use of satellite imagery in conjunction with ethnographic data. She is also known for her ground-breaking research in the late 1980s that showed that uncircumcised men were more susceptible to contracting HIV/AIDS than circumcised men.

The collection contains correspondence, field research, research files, writings, day planners, teaching files, student files, photographs, maps, sound recordings, and electronic records. Reining's research files, particularly on the Red Lake Ojibwa, the Haya, HIV/AIDS, and satellite imagery, form a significant portion of the collection.

Scope and Contents:

These papers primarily document the professional life of Priscilla Reining. The collection contains correspondence, field research, research files, writings, day planners, teaching files, student files, photographs, maps, sound recordings, and electronic records.

Reining's research files, particularly on the Red Lake Ojibwa, the Haya, HIV/AIDS, and satellite imagery, form a significant portion of the collection. Her consultancy work is also well-represented, as well as her involvement in a large number of professional organizations. The collection also contains a great deal of material relating to her work on different programs and projects at AAAS, including the Committee on Arid Lands, Ethnography of Reproduction Project, and Cultural Factors in Population Programs. Also present in the collection are materials from her time as Urgent Anthropology Program Coordinator at the Smithsonian Institution, her files as an instructor and professor, and her files as a student at University of Chicago. Materials from her personal life can also be found in the collection, such as correspondence and childhood mementos.

Arrangement:

The Priscilla Reining papers are organized in 13 series: 1. Correspondence, 1944-2007; 2. Research, 1955-1970; 3. AAAS, 1971-1990; 4. Professional Activities, 5. 1957-2007; Daily Planners and Notebooks, 1960-2002; 6. Writings, 1952-1996; 7. Smithsonian Institution, 1964-1971; 8. University, 1958-1994; 9. Student, 1937-1975; 10. Biographical and Personal Files, 1934-2004; 11. Maps, 1916-1989, undated; 12. Photographs, circa 1950-1987, undated; 13. Electronic records.

Biographical / Historical:

Priscilla Copeland Reining was a social anthropologist and Africanist who worked for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from 1974 to 1989. Her area of specialty was sub-Saharan Africa, specializing in desertification, land tenure, land use, kinship, population, fertility, and HIV/AIDS. During the 1970s, she pioneered the use of satellite imagery in conjunction with ethnographic data. She is also known for her ground-breaking research in the late 1980s that showed that uncircumcised men were more susceptible to contracting HIV/AIDS than circumcised men.

Reining was born on March 11, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. She studied anthropology at University of Chicago, where she earned both her A.B. (1945) and Ph.D. (1967) in anthropology. During her graduate studies, she studied peer group relations among the Ojibwa of the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota (1947, 1950-51). Her husband, Conrad Reining, accompanied her to the field, an experience that inspired him to also become an anthropologist.

In 1951-53 and 1954-55, Reining conducted fieldwork among the Haya of Bukoba District, Tanganyika (now known as Tanzania) as a Fellow of the East African Institute of Social Research. While research for her dissertation focused on the agrarian system of the Haya, Reining also conducted fertility surveys for the East African Medical Survey, studying the relationship between STDs and fertility in Buhaya and Buganda. During the 1980s, Reining became interested in AIDS when she observed that the Haya were dying from the disease at a much higher rate than neighboring groups. When she learned of a possible link between circumcision and the spread of HIV, she drew a map of circumcision practice among the ethnic groups of Africa and found that uncircumcised men were 86% more likely to contract HIV than circumcised men. These results were published in "The Relationship Between Male Circumcision and HIV Infection in African Populations" (1989), which she coauthored with John Bongaarts, Peter Way, and Francis Conant.

Beginning in the 1970s, Reining began exploring the use of satellite imagery in ethnographic research. In 1973, she used Landsat data to identify individual Mali villages, the first use of satellite data in anthropology (Morán 1990). That same year, as a consultant for USAID, she also used ERTS-1 imagery to estimate carrying capacity in Niger and Upper Volta (now known as Burkino Faso). She continued to apply satellite data in her research throughout her career, including in 1993, when she returned to Tanzania to study the environmental consequence of population growth and HIV/AIDS among the Haya.

In 1974, Reining joined the Office of International Science of AAAS as a research associate. She stayed on to become Project Director for the Cultural Factors in Population Programs and to direct a number of projects under the Committee on Arid Lands. She also served as Project Director of the Ethnography of Reproduction project, for which she conducted fieldwork in Kenya in 1976. In 1990, she left AAAS for an appointment as Courtesy Professor of African Studies at University of Florida.

Prior to working for AAAS, Reining worked at the Smithsonian Institution (1966, 1968-70), during which she was the coordinator for the Urgent Anthropology Program in the now defunct Center for the Study of Man. She also taught at University of Minnesota (1956-59), American University (1959-60), and Howard University (1960-64). In addition, she worked as a consultant for various organizations, including Department of Justice, Peace Corps, International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD), Food and Agriculture Organization, and Carrying Capacity Network.

Reining was also actively involved in various organizations. She served as Secretary of the AAAS Section H (Anthropology) and was a founding member of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Task Force on AIDS. She was also a fellow of the African Studies Association, AAA, AAAS, East African Academy, Society for Applied Anthropology, and Washington Academy of Science. In 1990, she was honored with a Distinguished Service Award from AAA.

Reining died of lung cancer at the age of 84 on July 19, 2007.

Sources Consulted

PR Vita. Series 10. Biographical and Personal Files. Priscilla Reining Papers. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Morán, Emilio F. 2000. The Ecosystem Approach in Anthropology: From Concept to Practice. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. Page 359

Schudel, Matt. 2007. Anthropologist Broke Ground on AIDS, Satellite Mapping. Washington Post, July 29. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/28/AR2007072801190.html (accessed December 8, 2011).

1923 -- Born March 11 in Chicago, Illinois

1944 -- Marries Conrad C. Reining

1945 -- Earns A.B. from University of Chicago

1947, 1950-51 -- Conducts field research on the Ojibwa of Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota.

1949 -- Earns A.M. from University of Chicago

1951-1953, 1954-1955 -- Field research on Haya of Tanzania

1967 -- Earns Ph.D. from University of Chicago

1972 -- Returns to Tanzania for IBRD consultancy work

1974 -- Begins working at AAAS as a research associate in the Office of International Science

1975 -- Project Director, AAAS

1976 -- Field research on Kikuyu of Kenya for Ethnography of Reproduction

1986-89 -- Program Director, AAAS

1990 -- Courtesy Professor of African Studies at University of Florida Receives Distinguished Service Award from AAA

1993 -- Field research in Tanzania studying environmental consequences of population growth and HIV/AIDS among the Haya

2007 -- Dies of lung cancer at the age of 84 on July 19

Related Materials:

Additional materials at the NAA relating to Priscilla Reining can be found in the papers of Gordon Gibson and John Murra, as well as in the records of the Center for the Study of Man and the records of the Department of Anthropology. Photo Lot 97 contains two Haya photos taken by Reining that are not duplicated in this collection. The papers of her husband, Conrad Reining, are also at the NAA.

The archives of the American Association for the Advancement of Science also holds Reining's papers relating to her work for the organization.

Provenance:

These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Priscilla Reining's sons, Robert Reining and Conrad Reining, in 2009.

Restrictions:

The Priscilla Reining papers are open for research.

Some materials from the East African Medical Survey and Ethnography of Reproduction project contain personal medical history and are thus restricted. Grant applications sent to Reining to review are also restricted as well as her students' grades, and recommendation letters Reining wrote for her students. Electronic records are also restricted.

A small portion of the materials relating to Reining's Haya research, Ethnography of Reproduction project, and IBRD ujamaa research suffered severe mold damage. These materials have been cleaned and may be accessed. The legibility of some of the documents, however, is limited due to water and mold stains. Mold odor is also still present.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

AIDS (Disease)  Search this

Human ecology  Search this

Fertility, Human  Search this

Kinship  Search this

population  Search this

Landsat satellites  Search this

Remote sensing  Search this

Desertification  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Sound recordings

Photographs

Electronic records (digital records)

Citation:

Priscilla Reining Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.2009-25

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34d98c2cd-c075-443f-b007-9dd7cea86fe2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2009-25

Creator:

Walinska, Anna  Search this

Names:

Guild Art Gallery  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this

Beata, Welsing  Search this

Hacohen, Bracha  Search this

Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Walinsky, Louis Joseph, 1908-2001  Search this

Extent:

2.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Interviews

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Transcripts

Travel diaries

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Israel -- Description and Travel

Date:

1927-2002

bulk 1935-1980

Summary:

The papers of New York-based painter, teacher and art director Anna Walinska measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1927 to 2002, with the bulk of material from 1935 to 1980. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, travel diaries, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York-based painter, teacher and art director Anna Walinska measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1927 to 2002, with the bulk of material from 1935 to 1980. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, travel diaries, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographs.

Biographical material consists of awards, certificates, curriculum vitae, biographical outlines, exhibition lists, passports and other material. There is a partial transcript from a radio interview of Anna Walinska. Also included are limited financial records.

Correspondence includes Anna Walinska's letters to her family from her 1954-1955 trip abroad to multiple countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. There is personal and professional correspondence with friends, artists and art institutions. Notable correspondents include Milton Avery, Louise Nevelson, Beata Welsing, Bracha Hacohen, William Littlefield, and Walinska's brother Louis Walinsky.

Writings consist of Walinska's notes, notebooks, lectures, essays, and a handwritten prospectus for Guild Art Gallery. There is one folder of writings by others about Walinska at the end of the series. There are four travel diaries that describe Walinska's trip around the world from 1954-1955, during which she traveled to many countries, and later trips to locations such as Israel and Trinidad.

Printed Material include clippings about Anna Walinska, group and solo exhibition catalogs, announcements, event invitations, and course catalogs for the Master Institute of United Art in New York City, where Walinska taught painting and drawing classes.

There are three scrapbooks: one scrapbook is about Guild Art Gallery, the second scrapbook is about the Holocaust exhibition, the third oversized scrapbook documents Walinska's career and activities overall.

Artwork consists of two bound sketchbooks as well as drawings and sketches in a variety of mediums from pencil and ink to watercolors and oils.

Photographs are of Walinska, friends, family, artists, artwork, exhibition installations, and other subjects. One album includes photos of Anna Walinska and her travels, along with images of friends and colleagues. The second album includes photographs of Walinska's solo exhibition at Sunken Meadow Gallery (1959). There is also one folder of photocopies of photos of assorted artwork by Walinska.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 8 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1927-2002 (Box 1; 11 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1949-1995 (Box 1; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1935-circa 1983 (Box 1; 8 folders)

Series 4: Travel Diaries, 1954-1973 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1942-2002 (Boxes 1-2; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, circa 1929-1980 (Boxes 2, 4; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1929-1963 (Box 3; 5 folders)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1932-1980 (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Anna Walinska (1906-1997) was a New York artist, teacher and gallery director who traveled widely and is most well known for her paintings related to the subject of the Holocaust.

Anna Walinska was born in London, England in 1906 to labor organization leader Ossip Walinsky and poet Rosa Newman Walinska. She had two siblings, Emily and Louis. The family immigrated to New York City in 1914, and Anna Walinska began studying at the Art Students League in 1918. In 1926, she travelled to Paris and studied art at the Academie de Grande Chaumier with Andre L'Hote. France was her primary residence until 1930.

In 1935, Walinska and artist Margaret Lefranc co-founded the Guild Art Gallery at West 57th Street in New York and gave Arshile Gorky his first solo exhibition in the city. The gallery closed its doors in 1937. In 1939, Walinska was the Assistant Creative Director of the Contemporary Art Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. During this time, Walinska also pursued her own art and exhibited work in numerous group shows.

From 1954 to 1955, Walinska traveled around the world, visiting the capitals and major cities of many countries in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Places she went included Japan, Burma (now known as Myanmar), Pakistan, Greece, Italy, France and Spain. During her four month stay in Burma, she painted a portrait of Prime Minister U Nu and she later became a highly respected portrait artist who painted numerous illustrious subjects such as First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, artists Louise Nevelson and Mark Rothko, and many others.

In 1957, Walinska became the artist-in-residence at the Riverside Museum where she also taught and exhibited with other artists. That same year, she had her first retrospective at the Jewish Museum in New York City.

Walinska exhibited widely and often. Holocaust: Paintings and Drawings, 1953-1978, which opened at the Museum of Religious Art at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, is probably the most well-known of her exhibitions and it traveled across the country to several other sites such as the War Memorial Building in Baltimore and Mercy College of Detroit. Works from this exhibition were acquired by multiple museums to become part of their permanent collections.

Walinkska died on December 19, 1997 at the age of 91 in New York City. In 1999, there was a retrospective of her work titled Echoes of the Holocaust: Paintings, Drawings, and Collage, 1940-1989 held at Clark University's Center for Holocaust Studies. The Onisaburo Gallery at New York's Interfaith Center also held a solo exhibition titled Portraits of Faith (2000). Her art is part of the collections at the Denver Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Rose Art Museum, and other museums.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also has the Guild Art Gallery records, which consists of material related to the gallery that was co-founded by Anna Walinska.

Provenance:

The papers were donated by Anna Walinska in two installations in 1976 and 1981. Rosina Rubin, Anna Walinska's niece, made a third donation of material in 2017.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., research center.

Occupation:

Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Drawing--Study and teaching  Search this

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art  Search this

Painting -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Asia--Description and travel  Search this

Middle East--Description and travel  Search this

Trinidad and Tobago--Description and travel  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Interviews

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Transcripts

Travel diaries

Citation:

Anna Walinska papers, 1927-2002, bulk 1935-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by Rosina Rubin.

Identifier:

AAA.walianna

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Anna Walinska papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9995d1f6a-668f-4e1e-8abe-bb24edfb016b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-walianna

Extent:

154 Items (29 folders, engravings, 21 1/2 x 16 in. (54.6 x 40.6 cm.) or smaller)

Culture:

Zulu (African people)  Search this

Khoikhoi (African people)  Search this

Ashanti (African people)  Search this

Africans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Engravings

Newspapers

Place:

Zanzibar

Nigeria

Dahomey

Africa

Tanganyika, Lake

Senegal -- Social life and customs

Benin (Kingdom)

Africa -- Maps

Africa -- Colonization

Africa -- Discovery and exploration

Zambezi River

Date:

1747-circa 1905

Summary:

The Historic Engravings collection is comprised of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905. The engravings depict subject matter related to Africa and Africans.

Scope and Contents:

The Historic Engravings collection consists of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905, with the bulk created in the second half of the nineteenth century. Many of the engravings were completed for publication in leading nineteenth-century newspapers, including the Illustrated London News and Harper's Weekly.

Numerous engravings depict scenes from expeditions, including the Dr. Livingstone (Central and South Africa), Baker (Central Africa), and Stanley expeditions. Topics illustrated include agriculture, ceremonies, city and town views, ships, animals, battles, domestic scenes, diamond mines, and fashions. Represented peoples include the Khoikoi, Abyssinian, Ashanti, Griquas, Khoikoi, Ndebele, and Zulu. Finally, the engravings depict such wide-ranging locations as Abyssinia, Annesley Bay, Chupanga, Dahomey, Gondokoro, Hadoda Pass, Hamhamo Spring, Keiskamma Gorge, Mount Kilimanjaro, Kongone River, Lake Tanganyika, Limpopo River, Matabili [now Zimbabwe], Morocco, Nigeria, the Red Sea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tekonda Pass, Ujiji, Umizimkulu Waterfall, Zambesi Delta, and Zanzibar, among others.

Arrangement:

Series one and two are arranged by publisher name and filed chronologically thereafter. Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by expedition leader name, and series 4 is organized by accession number.

Series 1: Illustrated London News, 1851-1901 (51 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 9 folders)

Series 2: Harper's Weekly, 1867-1905 (19 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 4 folders)

Series 3: Expedition Leaders, Bankes to Smith, circa 1800s-circa 1904 (51 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 11 folders)

Series 4: Other/Unidentified, 1747-circa 1905 (33 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 5 folders)

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:

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this

Africa -- Ethnology  Search this

Slave trade -- Africa -- History  Search this

Explorers -- Africa  Search this

Genre/Form:

Engravings

Newspapers

Citation:

Historic Engravings Collection, EEPA 2010-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2010-003

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Historic Engravings collection

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo718c7ae9d-e212-499f-ba6f-edc43ac6463f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2010-003

Biogeographical Region:

25 - East Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

Bernard D. Burtt  Search this

Place:

Tanganyika Terr., Tanzania, Africa

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Rosales Moraceae

Published Name:

Antiaris usambarensis Engl.

Barcode:

03503271

USNM Number:

1715812

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/314adb79f-69ed-4af0-a1e2-4e149f35ad8f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15282071