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Physical Description:

shell, cowry (overall material)

white (overall color)

gray (overall color)

orange/yellow (overall color)

natural (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:

overall: 1.4 cm x 2.75 cm x 2.15 cm; 9/16 in x 1 3/32 in x 27/32 in

Object Name:

cowrie shell money

alternative currency

Other Terms:

Cowry Shell Money; Africa; Uganda

Place used:

Africa

Uganda

Date made:

n.d.

Related Publication:

Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The

Credit Line:

Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

1979.1263.00542

Catalog number:

1979.1263.00542

Accession number:

1979.1263

Collector/donor number:

OC150A

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

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/ng49ca746a9-2dc7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1066384

Donor Name:

Anonymous  Search this

Object Type:

Drum

Place:

Uganda, Africa

Accession Date:

3 Mar 1954

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

201342

USNM Number:

E392646-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3153e8d96-3747-4759-9646-d16fa0a4a239

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8422752

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Uganda

Date:

1966

Scope and Contents:

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and traveled to Africa from June 1966 to early August 1966.

Local Numbers:

L 4 UGA 8 EE 66

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

70

Frame value is 33.

Slide No. L 4 UGA 8 EE 66

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:

Natural landscapes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10291

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Uganda

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo791ce17b5-b526-4ad7-a221-8902593bdf87

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref880

Photographer:

Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Patterson, M. Marvin Breckinridge  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (black and white)

Container:

Box 2, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1932

General:

Original number: III 27; published in Crown Colonist, September 1933

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:

Uganda  Search this

Collection Citation:

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson collection, EEPA 1985-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0082

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M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection / Photographs / 1.6: Uganda

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76e3f181e-e139-4c42-ad44-a22b36ab7dff

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-009-ref793

Photographer:

Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Patterson, M. Marvin Breckinridge  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (black and white)

Container:

Box 2, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1932

General:

Original number: III 28

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:

Uganda  Search this

Collection Citation:

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson collection, EEPA 1985-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0083

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M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection / Photographs / 1.6: Uganda

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7df645088-770e-4280-98ad-42a0ffe1f1aa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-009-ref794

Photographer:

Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Patterson, M. Marvin Breckinridge  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (black and white)

Container:

Box 2, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1932

General:

Original number: M V 87

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:

Uganda  Search this

Collection Citation:

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson collection, EEPA 1985-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0093

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M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection / Photographs / 1.5: Kenya

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a2aeb020-158f-4f26-9258-42d016cbee71

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-009-ref804

Photographer:

Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Patterson, M. Marvin Breckinridge  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (black and white)

Container:

Box 2, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1932

General:

Original number: M V 89

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:

Uganda  Search this

Collection Citation:

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson collection, EEPA 1985-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0095

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M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection / Photographs / 1.5: Kenya

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a4234579-9c7e-4865-abfc-32b4d34f1ff4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-009-ref806

Photographer:

Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Patterson, M. Marvin Breckinridge  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (black and white)

Container:

Box 2, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1932

General:

Original number: M V 82

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:

Uganda  Search this

Collection Citation:

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson collection, EEPA 1985-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0092

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M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection / Photographs / 1.5: Kenya

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c339069b-60bd-4ca7-a5a0-e1b42d3d1974

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-009-ref803

Photographer:

Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Patterson, M. Marvin Breckinridge  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (black and white)

Container:

Box 2, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1932

General:

Original number: M V 88

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:

Uganda  Search this

Collection Citation:

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson collection, EEPA 1985-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0094

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M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection / Photographs / 1.5: Kenya

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77ec3088d-409f-441e-9897-47a4352a9163

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-009-ref805

Physical Description:

metal, silver (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: .3 cm x 3 cm; 1/8 in x 1 3/16 in

Object Name:

coin

Place made:

Uganda

Date made:

1969

Associated date:

1969

ID Number:

2002.0007.0511

Catalog number:

2002.0007.0511

Accession number:

2002.0007

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-db4f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_948166

Collection Creator:

Donaldson, Jeff, 1932-2004  Search this

Container:

Box 13, Folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1974

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate access copies requires advance notice.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Jeff Donaldson papers, 1918-2005, bulk 1960s-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of the Jeff Donaldson papers was provided by the Walton Family Foundation.

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Jeff Donaldson papers

Jeff Donaldson papers / Series 12: Photographs and Personal Sound Recordings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91a3ef57c-addd-4409-acb3-75fb28e39ab2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-donajeff-ref1128

Collection Creator:

Donaldson, Jeff, 1932-2004  Search this

Container:

Box 13, Folder 7

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1974

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate access copies requires advance notice.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Jeff Donaldson papers, 1918-2005, bulk 1960s-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of the Jeff Donaldson papers was provided by the Walton Family Foundation.

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Jeff Donaldson papers

Jeff Donaldson papers / Series 12: Photographs and Personal Sound Recordings

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9352df36f-a581-4edb-8a2f-5274cc88e27b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-donajeff-ref360

Medium:

paper; ink(multicolored)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

VATICAN CITY (independent city state)

Date:

March 16, 1965

Topic:

International Stamps & Mail  Search this

Object number:

2008.2009.409

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm879fc93d0-b94b-40a6-8059-93dd5c70a1f2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2008.2009.409

Medium:

paper; ink(multicolored)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

VATICAN CITY (independent city state)

Date:

March 16, 1965

Topic:

International Stamps & Mail  Search this

Object number:

2008.2009.406

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm868b96fdd-c8bb-41a4-99dd-368ce9023b72

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2008.2009.406

Medium:

paper; ink(multicolored)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

VATICAN CITY (independent city state)

Date:

March 16, 1965

Topic:

International Stamps & Mail  Search this

Object number:

2008.2009.408

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8ef3d0ca0-e3d0-4846-805d-351819737b1c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2008.2009.408

Medium:

paper; ink(multicolored)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

VATICAN CITY (independent city state)

Date:

March 16, 1965

Topic:

International Stamps & Mail  Search this

Object number:

2008.2009.407

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8546deb10-8f62-4345-8711-521fdf642a45

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2008.2009.407

Medium:

paper; ink(multicolored)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

VATICAN CITY (independent city state)

Date:

March 16, 1965

Topic:

International Stamps & Mail  Search this

Object number:

2008.2009.410

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm857fb3df4-0b14-4a0b-88ab-e7e7d2f7f647

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2008.2009.410

Medium:

paper; ink(multicolored)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

VATICAN CITY (independent city state)

Date:

March 16, 1965

Topic:

International Stamps & Mail  Search this

Object number:

2008.2009.411

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8c89b366b-e13d-41af-b1cb-2e33f18b7afd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2008.2009.411

Photographer:

Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Patterson, M. Marvin Breckinridge  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (black and white)

Container:

Box 2, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1932

General:

Original number: M V 12

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:

Uganda  Search this

Collection Citation:

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson collection, EEPA 1985-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0085

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M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection

M. Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Collection / Photographs / 1.6: Uganda

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo766dfe79f-32c0-4b5f-8262-16992f37ae0f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-009-ref796

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Uganda

Date:

1966

Scope and Contents:

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and traveled to Africa from June 1966 to early August 1966.

Local Numbers:

L 4 UGA 5 EE 66

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

77

Frame value is 25.

Slide No. L 4 UGA 5 EE 66

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:

Fishing  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10286

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Uganda

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7eafa9f32-0d1e-4381-ba2b-0dd545abac6d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref875