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Red Clay Water Vessel "Criche"

Donor Name:
Herbert W. Krieger  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Water Vessel
Place:
Cap-Haitien, Nord Province, Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 May 1959
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
113146
USNM Number:
E364725-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d6cc57bc-ebc2-4729-ae78-2fe75152e215
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8410346
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Red Clay Water Vessels "Criche" (3) & Three-Cusped Bowl (1)

Donor Name:
Herbert W. Krieger  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Water Vessel/Bowl
Place:
Cap-Haitien, Nord Province, Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 May 1959
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
113146
USNM Number:
E364730-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b758dcc5-31a4-4399-a2b8-8bcc41508359
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8410352
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Gourd Rattle "Asson" "Baksor"

Collector:
Dr. A. Metraux  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Rattle
Place:
Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Ouest Province, Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
9 Feb 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
161294
USNM Number:
E382205-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bed88ed0-f97a-4888-b408-a82cb2553977
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417772
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Cult Necklace "Collier"

Collector:
Dr. A. Metraux  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
9 Feb 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
161294
USNM Number:
E382208-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30bd6e2bc-b2fd-4d42-a8a4-b7fd1bed4aa1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417775
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Cult Necklace "Collier"

Collector:
Dr. A. Metraux  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
9 Feb 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
161294
USNM Number:
E382209-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31858b503-4acf-411a-b84e-cae81ffebe3d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417776
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Pair Of Wrought Iron Spits/Crosses "Assein"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Spit
Place:
Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382557-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eab0ac85-3651-43d6-8838-3de4aa7617fb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417935
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Pair Of Wrought Iron Spits "Assein"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Spit
Place:
Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382558-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3951ac9f7-01a8-46f3-8a07-2338fea7c4ac
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417936
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Wrought Iron Gong

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Gong
Place:
Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382563-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36bf09aef-0009-47bc-8a2e-f633556a567b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417943

Vodoun (Vodou) Drum "Boula" "Dundun"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Drum
Place:
Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382566-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ea09a58f-7176-4bad-9fd4-6c90634cc159
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417946
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Vodoun (Vodou) Drum, "Segon"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Drum
Place:
Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382567-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fdea52ae-94b2-4e0e-82c8-abf497490ab8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417947
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Vodoun (Vodou) Drum "Congo" "Baka"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Drum
Place:
Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382568-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31ddb8e9d-d8f0-4bda-ad89-854dea38749e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417948
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Vodoun (Vodou) Drum "Manman" "Hontour"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Drum
Place:
Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382569-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fb38067f-e11d-4158-98db-c010852412b7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417949
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Painted Calabash Bowl "Couis"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Bowl
Place:
Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Ouest Province, Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382571-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37b10888c-0e24-4342-b4af-90529b92d37c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417952
Online Media:

Double Bowl Of Carved Wood, "Marasa"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Bowl
Place:
Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382572-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35e44e9ef-fa9d-4386-af1e-08fa7eca646c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417953
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Twin Bowl "Marassa"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Pot
Place:
Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382573-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f1046f34-3c1e-4131-936c-6bf88605b32b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417954
Online Media:

Carved Wooden Bowl

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Bowl
Place:
Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382575-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3da38db1a-bfc2-47fd-be76-861bada609c8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417956
Online Media:

Legba Staff "Baton Legba"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Staff
Place:
Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Ouest Province, Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382576-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3edf6da11-8470-4708-94ac-ad69608f5467
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417957
Online Media:

Red Clay Water Vessels "Criche"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Pot
Place:
Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Ouest Province, Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382579-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b8579a5-8cfe-46d9-bec4-39fc9601cfe3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417960
Online Media:

Gourd Rattle "Asson" "Baksor"

Donor Name:
Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this
Culture:
Haitian  Search this
Object Type:
Rattle
Place:
Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Ouest Province, Haiti, Caribbean
Accession Date:
19 Jun 1942
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
163278
USNM Number:
E382580-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/320725aad-5706-47ab-b505-fd6daa6c5af9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417962
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection

Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
1,615 Color slides (color, 35 mm)
circa 400 Photographic prints (3 x 5 inches, 5 x 7 inches)
1 box Manuscripts (document genre)
52 Cassettes (Audiocassettes- music, lectures, field records, interviews)
1 Videocassette
1 CD-R (CD-ROM)
1 Notebook
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Ibibio (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color slides
Photographic prints
Manuscripts (document genre)
Cassettes
Videocassettes
Cd-rs
Notebooks
Place:
Africa, West
Nigeria
Lagos (Nigeria)
Date:
circa 1973-circa mid-1980s
Summary:
This collection contains a variety of materials including 1,615 color slides, circa 400 photographic prints, 1 box of manuscript materials, 1 notebook, 52 audio and 1 video cassettes, and 1 CD-ROM. Many of the slides and photographs were taken during Houlberg's field work in Nigeria (1973-1975) and depict Ibeji figures, wood carvings, Egungun masquerades and masks, twins, portraits, hairstyles, festivals, shrines, textiles, and peoples including the Yoruba, Ekoi, Ibibio, and Ogoni. The audiocassettes consist of lectures, music, field records, and interviews.
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains 1,615 color slides, circa 400 photographic prints, 1 box of manuscript materials, 1 notebook, 52 audio and 1 video cassettes, and 1 CD-ROM. The slides item-level finding aid has been added to Houlberg's previous accession, EEPA 2005-002. Many of the slides were taken during Houlberg's field work in Nigeria (1973-1975) and depict Ibeji figures, wood carvings, textiles, portraits, and peoples including the Yoruba, Ekoi, Ibibio, and Ogoni. The photographic prints include images of wooden figures, Ibeji figures, hair styles, masquerade masks, twins, portraits, and carvings by Awenke of Ketu, Yesufu Ejiboye, Ogunyomi Sona, and Awolowo Adelaku of Ikenne. Events documented include age grade processions, market scenes, the Agemo festival, and both Egungun masquerades and Gelede at Otu. There are also photographs of shrines which include the Abiku, Shango, Dada, Shoponu, and Odudua shrines. The photographs were primarily taken in Ilishan, Balufon, Ikenne, Lagos, the Field Museum (Chicago), and Akio, Ijebu.

The manuscript materials date to the 1980s and include correspondence related to Nigerian museum objects, correspondence with Susan Vogel about an Edan Ogboni photograph, articles about African art, exhibit catalogues, business cards, Nigerian and Haitian studio photography, travel brochures, and essays about styles of carving.

A few of the photographs were taken by Mark Schiltz.
Biographical / Historical:
Artist, anthropologist, and art historian Dr. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939. Houlberg received an Associate of Arts degree from Wright Junior College (1959) and a BFA from the University of Chicago (1963). After graduating, she traveled to North Africa and explored Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. In 1964, Houlberg researched Haitian art, religion, and indigenous photography in Haiti and in 1965 was awarded a scholarship for graduate study from the University of Chicago. There she completed her MAT in Art History in 1967. Following graduation, Houlberg worked at the Nigerian Museum in Lagos, where she documented Yoruba sculpture, masquerades, religion, body art, and indigenous photography. She began her teaching career at the University of Chicago as a lecturer on African art and African civilization, working there from 1971 to 1973. At the University of London, Houlberg earned a Masters in Anthropology, producing the thesis Yoruba Twin Sculpture and Ritual (1973). She also extensively photographed her travels abroad in Yorubaland. Between 1974 and 1990, Houlberg taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, Kalamazoo College, and Northwestern University. From 1974 to 2008 she continued teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, lecturing on Yoruba art and ritual in West Africa and the New World, and the art and ritual of Vodou in Haiti. Houlberg has lectured worldwide at numerous museums and symposiums since 1972, including in Lagos, Nigeria; Jacmel, Haiti; Toronto, Canada; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; and Cologne, Germany. Her essays have been published in several issues of African Arts. Some of Houlberg's significant publications include Arts of the Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou, in Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora (2008) and Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou: Lasiren, Queen of Mermaids, in Mami-Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African-Atlantic World (2008). The exhibition Mami-Wata at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (2009) featured her photographs.
Related Materials:
The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives also holds several other collections by Marilyn Houlberg: one collection documents Nigeria (EEPA 2005-002) and two others document Haiti (EEPA 2012-004 and EEPA 2015-016).
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:
Egúngún (Cult)  Search this
Ere ibeji  Search this
Shrines  Search this
Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this
Fashion  Search this
Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2015-015, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2015-015
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ed67a8df-efd6-4a3e-ac4f-51015fd6258c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2015-015

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