George Rohrmann Collection
name: label: Photographer
content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)
place: label: Place
content: Lesotho
label: Place
content: Kano (Nigeria)
label: Place
content: South Africa
label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Tanzania
topic: label: Topic
content: Pedi (African people)
label: Topic
content: Dyeing -- tie dyeing
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- Buildings
label: Topic
content: Makonde (African people)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by George Rohrmann in December 2017 and March 2018.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)
culture: label: Culture
content: Hausa (African people)
label: Culture
content: Xhosa (African people)
label: Culture
content: Sotho (African people)
label: Culture
content: Ndebele (African people)
label: Culture
content: Swazi (African people)
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content: George Rohrmann Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection depicts the everyday life and architecture of Basotho, Hausa, Makonde, Matabele, Pedi, Swazi, and Xhosa peoples in Nigeria, Southern Africa, and Tanzania.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dr. George F. Rohrmann is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Microbiology at Oregon State University.  His field of specialization is Virology.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 129 Color slides (35mm)
label: Extent
content: 626 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2018-003
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into series according to geographic location:

Series 1: Nigeria, 1974

Series 2: South Africa, 1970-1975

Series 3: Tanzania, 1974
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Finding aid was written by Eden Orelove.  Kellen Hope helped create the metadata.
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection depicts Basotho, Hausa, Makonde, Matabele, Pedi, Swazi, and Xhosa peoples in Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania.  Images show agricultural work, architecture, carving, cooking, landscapes, mountains, and portraits, among other subjects.  Highlights of the collection include Makonde carvers at work in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Hausa peoples tie dying at indigo dye pits in Kano, Nigeria, and house decorations in South Africa and Lesotho including Bataung houses decorated with stone mosaics.