Marilyn Heldman photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: Heldman, Marilyn
place: label: Place
content: Ethiopia
label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Cameroon
label: Place
content: Eritrea
creator: label: Photographer
content: Heldman, Marilyn
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content: Marilyn Heldman photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection is comprised of 179 slides taken by Marilyn Heldman in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Eritrea, and Cameroon.  Subjects include architecture, art objects, marketplaces, pottery, reliefs and cultures including the Anuak, Dorze, Falasha, Fulani, Gurage, Tigre, Falasha .
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marilyn Heldman was an Adjunct Professor of Art History at American University (Washington, D.C.). Published in such journals as the Journal of Religion in Africa, African Arts and Northeast African Studies, Heldman has also written numerous books, notably African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia (1993) (cowritten with Stuart C. Munro-Hay). Heldman received a post-doctorate fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts to complete field work in Northern Ethiopia (1973-1974). She has also held positions as Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and Curatorial Associate at the Museum of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (1966-1967).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 179 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2013-013
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection has been arranged in four series according to geographic location:

Series 1: Cameroon, 1965-1996 (7 slides)

Series 2: Eritrea, 1965-1996 (6 slides)

Series 3: Ethiopia, 1965-1996 (162 slides)

Series 4: Nigeria, 1965-1996 (4 slides)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection was digitized and made available online in 2019.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series is comprised of images taken in Bafang, Foumban, and Kribi, Cameroon of the waterfall of Mouenkeu, Boroboro peoples, trees, and other natural landscapes.  Series two includes photographs taken in Aromo and Senafe, Eritrea of a priest, school children, basket weavers, and a  marketplace.  Series three includes photographs taken in Kano, Katsina, and Zaria, Nigeria of a view of the city of Kano, people by the City Gate of Kano, a wall and gate in Katsina, and a house in Zaria.  Series four is comprised of photographs taken in Ethiopia, particularly in Addis Ababa, Gondor, and Lalibela.  Subjects include churches, the Jubilee Palace (Addis Ababa), Guarge peoples, scenes in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies (IES) Museum, markets, murals, city views, castles, religious icons, Lake Tana, Dorze textiles, and one image of Haile Selasse visiting Nazareth.