"Art of Cameroon" study photographs
name: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
place: label: Place
content: Cameroon
label: Place
content: Africa
physloc: label: Note
content: Located at Iron Mountain (box 97464370).
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content: "Art of Cameroon" study photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs from various museums assembled by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) for use in the traveling exhibition entitled, "Art of Cameroon" (on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History from February 1, 1984-June 17, 1984).

The exhibition was described on the Smithsonian website in these words: "On view are 153 objects, including figural sculptures, thrones, stools, elephant masks, bowls, baskets, calabashes (gourds), drinking horns, textiles, and more. Many objects are on loan from museums and collectors in the U.S., Europe, and Africa.

"A crossroads for the migrations of many peoples, the diversity of Cameroon's population is reflected in the great variety and richness of art forms. Objects from the steppes and the forest are shown, but the primary focus of the exhibition is the art of the West African kingdoms of the Cameroon grassfields."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 136 Photographic prints ((1 box; 2 folders), black and white, 8 x 10 inches or smaller)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1980s
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.1997-017
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Given the small size of the collection, the photos are organized into one series.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints