Henry John Drewal and Sarah K. Khan Collection
name: label: Photographer
content: Drewal, Henry John
place: label: Place
content: Benin
label: Place
content: Africa, West
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content: Ghana
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content: Benin (Nigeria)
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content: Togo
topic: label: Topic
content: Brazil
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Henry John Drewal and Sarah K. Khan, 2019.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Drewal, Henry John
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian Henry John Drewal received his BA from Hamilton College and two Masters' degrees and a PhD from Columbia University (1973). In between college and graduate school, Drewal served in the Peace Corps, where he taught French and English, organized arts camps in Nigeria, and apprenticed himself to a Yoruba sculptor. He taught at Cleveland State University (Chair of the Art Department), and was a Visiting Professor at UC-Santa Barbara and SUNY-Purchase. Since 1991 he has been the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Art History and Afro-American Studies at UW-Madison. He has published several books, edited volumes, exhibition catalogues, and many articles and produced a number of films documenting African and African Diaspora arts, and lectured widely on these topics. He has received several NEH and NEA grants, three Fulbright Research Awards (Brazil, Benin, Morocco), a Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Dr.  At present, Dr. Drewal is the Chair of the Department of Performance Studies at North Western University. There are also video productions by Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal available in the Warren M. Robbins Library. The videos available are "Ẹfẹ/Gẹlẹdẹ Ceremonies among the Western Yoruba," by Henry John Drewal; "Yoruba Performance," by Henry John Drewal; and "Yoruba Ritual: A Companion Video," by Margaret Thompson Drewal.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2,288 Prints
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content: 37,682 Slides (35 mm )
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content: 39 Notebooks (Field notebooks and calendars kept by Henry John Drewal)
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content: 55 Electronic discs (DVD)
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content: 1 Manuscripts (document genre) (3 Boxes)
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content: 554 Sound cassettes (8 boxes)
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content: 236 Videocassettes (VHS)
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content: 187 Videocassettes (MiniDV) (3 Boxes)
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content: 40 Film reels ((64) Super 8 tapes and  (16) 16mm reels)
label: Extent
content: 241 Videocassettes (Hi8) (4 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-2011
container: label: Container
content: Item EEPA.2019-017
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2019-017
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
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content: Slides
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content: Notebooks
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content: Electronic discs (dvd)
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content: Manuscripts (document genre)
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content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (vhs)
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content: Videocassettes (minidv)
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content: Film reels
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content: Videocassettes (hi8)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains approximately 24,300 black and white photographic negatives and  black/white and color prints (negatives and prints are collectively referred to as "Images"), field notebooks, and audio-visual material ("AV Material" including motion picture film, videotapes and audiotapes) produced by Henry John Drewal in West Africa (Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo), Mexico, Brazil and the United States during the 1970s - 2010. There are several subjects present in this collection. The most prominent being the Egúngún and Gelede rituals and festivals of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Other subjects found in the collection are Ifá initiation, Òrìsà and Mami Wata festivals, Òrìsà shrines, sacred arts, beading techniques, and traditional and modern architecture. There is a large selection of images specifically of shrines and festivals for Òrìsà such as Sango, Ògún, Agemo, Eyinle and others. Details of implements like the ose Sango, opa Osanyin, and opa Osun can also be seen in the collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Related EEPA collections include: EEPA 2010-010, slides from Henry John Drewal's 1997 trip to Morocco and South Africa, and EEPA-1992-028, collected by Henry John Drewal and Margaret Drewal when they traveled to Nigeria, Ghana and Togo (West Africa) for extended periods from 1967-1986.