Joseph Nevadomsky Collection
odd: label: General
content: Captions created by archives staff using information provided by donor.
name: label: Photographer
content: Nevadomsky, Joseph, ( -2020)
label: Names
content: Erediauwa, King of Benin, 1923-2016
place: label: Place
content: Benin (Kingdom)
label: Place
content: Ceremonies
topic: label: Topic
content: Coronations
label: Topic
content: Royalty -- Africa
label: Topic
content: Palaces
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content: Edo-speaking cultures
creator: label: Photographer
content: Nevadomsky, Joseph, ( -2020)
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content: Joseph Nevadomsky Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joseph Nevadomsky was a scholar of the Kingdom of Benin, photographer, and professor of anthropology. He taught at UCLA, USC, University of Lagos, University of Benin, and the Los Angeles Museum of Art. He also spent 30 years teaching at Cal State Fullerton. He received his doctorate and master's degrees from UC Berkeley, and his bachelor's degree from the University of San Diego. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nigeria and participated in a Fulbright student program in India. He was recognized as the Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Professor in 2000.

Nevadomsky's areas of study included the Kingdom of Benin, rituals of kingships, Benin brass, arts, and architecture, although he also travelled to several other countries--Trinidad, India, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Belize. He published many journal articles and other works, and co-curated "Benin: Art of Power" at the Bowers Museum.

On January 15, 2020, Nevadomsky passed away.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 196 Slides (photographs) (B/W , 35 mm)
label: Extent
content: 9243 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm )
label: Extent
content: 5 Notebooks
label: Extent
content: 6 Prints (B/W)
label: Extent
content: 8 Prints (Color)
label: Extent
content: 26 Transparencies (B/W)
label: Extent
content: 11 Negatives (photographic) (B/W, 35 mm )
label: Extent
content: 54 Color negatives (color, 35 mm )
label: Extent
content: 185 Color transparencies (color, 120 or medium format film)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978-1990
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Joseph Nevadomsky, 2012 and 2015.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2012-013
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Transparencies
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Color negatives
label: Type
content: Color transparencies
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains color slides, black and white negatives, and large format transparencies regarding the coronation and related rituals of the Oba of Benin, Nigeria, that span the period, 1978 to 1990, and 1997.