William Brill photographs
name: label: Collector
content: Brill, William, 1918-2003
place: label: Place
content: Mali
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Cameroon
label: Place
content: Nigeria
topic: label: Topic
content: Art objects
label: Topic
content: Masks, African
creator: label: Collector
content: Brill, William, 1918-2003
culture: label: Culture
content: Loma (African people)
label: Culture
content: Makonde (African people)
label: Culture
content: Dogon (African people)
label: Culture
content: Punu (African people)
label: Culture
content: Asante (African people)
label: Culture
content: Zulu (African people)
label: Culture
content: Luba (African people)
label: Culture
content: Senufo (African people)
label: Culture
content: Baule (African people)
label: Culture
content: Kuba (African people)
label: Culture
content: Bassa (Liberian and Sierra Leone people)
physloc: label: Note
content: Located offsite at Iron Mountain (box 97464370).
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection is comprised of photographs collected by William W. Brill to document his personal collection of African art objects, which primarily contains masks, sculpted figures, and tools.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William W. Brill (1918-2003) received a B.A. from Yale University and was the president of the Mutual Real Estate Investment Trust in New York.  He started collecting African art around 1960 and has donated several art objects to museums.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 479 Photographic prints (object copy prints; black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller )
label: Extent
content: 17 Photocopies
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1985-001
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Photocopies
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection is comprised of photographs collected by William W. Brill to document his personal collection of African art objects, which primarily contains masks, sculpted figures, and tools.  Masks documented are from the following peoples: Hemba, Lulua, Makonde, and Bbagani.  Sculptural figures shown were created by the following groups: Bassa, Dogon, Kulango, Kuyu, Loma, Luba, Lunda, Punu, and Tabwa.  Other objecs shown include an Asante comb, Asante royal staff, Baule animal head, Bete heddle pulley, Chokwe comb, Ijo staff, Kuba headrest, Lele staff, Ndengese axe handle, Senufo ceremonial container, Senufo wine strainer, Yela staff, Yoruba house post, Zulu comb, and Zulu hunter's staff.  There are also images of musical instruments including bells, flutes, and rhythm pounders from Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, and Zaire.  Photographers represented include Tony Fitsch, Al Mozell and Bernard Pierre Wolff.