Maxwell and Betty Stanley study photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Stanley, Betty, Mrs
label: Editor
content: Roy, Christopher D.
label: Creator
content: Stanley, C. Maxwell, 1904-1984 (collector and philanthropist)
place: label: Place
content: Benin (Kingdom)
label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Guinea
label: Place
content: Gabon
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Congo (Democratic Republic)
label: Place
content: Côte d'Ivoire
label: Place
content: Mozambique
label: Place
content: Djenné (Mali)
label: Place
content: Mali
label: Place
content: Liberia
creator: label: Creator
content: Stanley, Betty, Mrs
label: Editor
content: Roy, Christopher D.
label: Creator
content: Stanley, C. Maxwell, 1904-1984 (collector and philanthropist)
culture: label: Culture
content: Idoma (African people)
label: Culture
content: Ibibio (African people)
label: Culture
content: Lega (African people)
label: Culture
content: Kongo (Kingdom)
label: Culture
content: Dogon (African people)
label: Culture
content: Dan (African people)
label: Culture
content: Yoruba (African people)
label: Culture
content: Senufo (African people)
label: Culture
content: Baga (African people)
label: Culture
content: Bobo (African people)
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs of art objects collected by Maxwell C., 1904-1984, and Betty Stanley. The Stanley's had begun to collect African art objects during a business trip to West Africa in the 1960s, and they gradually acquired nearly 600 pieces. The objects are found today in the University of Iowa Museum. Events documented include official government ceremonies with staged indigenous dances; rituals in villages such as young members of the female sande society returning from the initiation camp; and visits by foreign heads of state such as Queen Elizabeth II and Josip Broz Tito of Yoguslavia. Art works include figures, masks, musical instruments, sculptures and staffs.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Christopher D. Roy, Curator of African, Oceanic, and New-World cultures, The University of Iowa Museum of Art; Associate Professor of Art History, The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, 1991.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 120 Slides (photographs) (1 volume , color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Images assembled by Christopher D. Roy to illustrate a catalog for a 1985 exhibit at the University of Iowa Art Museum in Iowa City entitled, "Art and Life in Africa: Selections from the Stanley Collections." (Iowa City: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1985). A copy of the accompanying slide set was received from Christopher D. Roy in 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1987-002
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Color slides
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides