Photographic Prints
name: label: Item Photographer
content: Meyerowitz, Eva L. R. (Eva Lewin Richter), 1899-1994
label: Item Creator
content: Meyerowitz, Herbert Vladimir, 1900-1945
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content: Eva L. R. Meyerowitz Photographs
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 285 Photographic prints ((3 volumes), black and white, 8 x 10 inches or smaller)
label: Extent
content: 16 Contact sheets (black and white, 8 1/2 x 11 inches or smaller)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1936 - circa 1937
container: label: Container
content: Volume 2, Item 1-130
label: Container
content: Volume 3, Item 131-260
label: Container
content: Volume 4, Item 261-285
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1987-009, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Contact sheets
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series is comprised of 285 photographic prints (copy and vintage) and 16 contact sheets taken by Eva L.R. Meyerowitz in Abomey, Republic of Benin; Umahahya, Nigeria; and Techiman, Ghana.  Peoples depicted include the Akan, Fon, Konkomba, and Tallensi. Subjects include artisans; artwork and objects that were originally displyed in King Bezu's palace in Abomey, including sculptures, staffs, applique cloth, and bas-reliefs; blacksmiths; dancing; a Legba shrine; markets, including one in Bohicon, Nigeria; potters; priests and priestesses at Abomey; and vernacular architeture.  Individuals depicted include two wives of King Behanzin, Prince Justin Aho, and the only surviving Dahomey Amazon women warriors who had fought against the French in 1894.