Barbara Jarocki collection
name: label: Curator of an exhibition
content: Barbara Jarocki
place: label: Place
content: Ivory Coast
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: New York (State)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ere ibeji
label: Topic
content: Works of art in situ
label: Topic
content: Clothing -- Headdresses
label: Topic
content: Wood-carving -- Africa -- Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Masks, African
creator: label: Curator of an exhibition
content: Barbara Jarocki
culture: label: Culture
content: Dan (African people)
label: Culture
content: Senufo (African people)
label: Culture
content: Baule (African people)
label: Culture
content: Yoruba (African people)
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content: Barbara Jarocki collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of one postcard and 67 photographs documenting the installation for and art objects in the exhibition "African Art from Nigeria and the Ivory Coast" (April 6-25, 1983), held at the Sarah Lawrence College Art Galley, and curated by Barbara Jarocki.  The postcard is an invitation to the opening reception.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Barbara Jarocki curated numerous exhibits, including "African Art from Nigeria and the Ivory Coast" (April 6-25, 1983; Sarah Lawrence College) and "Cameroon: Art and Life Interwoven" (April-July, 1988; May Weber Museum of Cultural Arts, Chicago). A geneous donor, Jarocki and her husband, Robert Fudim, gave the artwork "Playing Card", circa 1770, to the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Museum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 65 Photographs (color, 4 x 6 inches)
label: Extent
content: 1 Postcard (color)
label: Extent
content: 2 Photographs (color, 5 x 7 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983
container: label: Container
content: Binder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2016-003
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Postcards
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into four series:

Series 1: Installation Photos, 1983 (22 photographs; Binder 1)

Series 2: Idenified Objects, 1983 (23 photographs; Binder 1)

Series 3: Unidentified Objects, 1983 (22 photographs; Binder 1)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1983 (1 item; Binder 1)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Eden Orelove, December 2016
label: Description note
content: When known, objects' dimensions, materials and collector are noted.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one postcard and 67 photographs documenting the installation for and art objects in the exhibition "African Art from Nigeria and the Ivory Coast" (April 6-25, 1983), held at the Sarah Lawrence College Art Galley and curated by Barbara Jarocki.  The postcard is an invitation to the opening reception.

Objects were primarily created by the Yoruba, Baule, and Dan peoples and include a ladle, Ibeji, top from a Champion Cultivator Staff (Daleu), a beaded sheath for Orisha Oko staff, hoes, a divination tray, headdresses, a beaded crown, a rhythm pounder and masks, particularly a four-faced helmet mask and a double face mask (Kpelie).  Object materials include wood, animal skin, metal, beads, cowrie shells, and cloth.  Major contributers to the exhibition include Paul and Ruth Tishman, Drs. Noble and Jean Endicott, Richard J. Faletti, and the Michael Oliver Gallery.