Princeton University Press photographs
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Art objects
abstract: label: Summary
content: The photographs document a variety of art works created by Africans. Objects depicted include boxes, bracelets, figures, gold weights, headrests, heads, masks, pendants, stools, and trumpets. Peoples and kingdoms represented include Anyi, Asante, Bamum, Bangwa, Baule, Benin, Chokwe, Fang (Pahouin), Fon, Ife, Lega, Luba, Mende, Nok, Pende and Yoruba. Princeton University staff assembled the collection to illustrate the publications entitled, African Folktales & Sculpture, ed. by Paul Radin (New York: Pantheon Books, 1952). Photographers represented include Ina Bundy, Eliot Elisofon, Walker Evans and Man Ray.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 47 Prints (visual works) ((1 box), black & white, 11 x 14 cm. or smaller)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-1960
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1985-002
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints (visual works)
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs