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Anne Eisner Putnam photographic slide collection, circa 1960.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 411
Abstract
Photographs of pygmies of the Congo, contains multiple images of children, one slide of an okapi.
Dates:
circa 1960
James Chapin photographic slide collection
Collection
Identifier: PSC 165-166
Scope and Contents
Mostly consists of field photographs from the Belgian Congo including birds, nests, large mammals, lakes, general landscape and buildings. Also includes pictures of colleagues and/or family, Pygmies and a Pygmy dance, Watusi dance and some images showing the preparation for the Ross Expedition (1957). A few slides taken in the United States, primarily California.
Dates:
circa 1953-1961
Photographs of African people and culture
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note
The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates:
circa 1904-1950
Ross A. Burley photographic slide of Bambouti pygmies dancing, undated.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 139
Abstract
Field photograph of Bambouti pygmies of the Ituri Forest (Africa) dancing.
Dates:
undated
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- Côte d'Ivoire 1
- Dakar (Senegal) 1
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- Kenya 1
- Kikuyu (African people) 1
- Kuba (African people) 1
- Mbuti (African people) 1
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- Okapi 1
- Photographic Print Collection 1
- Pygmies 1
- Pygmies -- Africa, Central 1
- San (African people) 1
- Sao Vicente -- Barlavento -- Cape Verde 1
- Sculpture, African 1
- South Africa 1
- Tutsi (African people) 1
- Zululand (South Africa) 1 ∧ less
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- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 2
- Beals, Jessie Tarbox 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Correia, José G., 1881-1954 1
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