Robert and Barbara Pringle photographs
odd: label: General note
content: Title provided by EEPA staff.
name: label: Photographer
content: Pringle, Robert, 1936-
label: Names
content: Roy, Christopher D.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Burkina Faso
label: Place
content: Kenya
label: Place
content: Mali
topic: label: Topic
content: Pottery
label: Topic
content: Fairs
label: Topic
content: Masks
label: Topic
content: Masks, African
label: Topic
content: Markets
label: Topic
content: Art in situ -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Animals
label: Topic
content: Masquerades
label: Topic
content: Mosques
label: Topic
content: Natural landscapes
label: Topic
content: Vernacular architecture
label: Topic
content: Weaving
label: Topic
content: Cultural landscapes
creator: label: Photographer
content: Pringle, Robert, 1936-
culture: label: Culture
content: Maasai (African people)
label: Culture
content: Fula (African people)
label: Culture
content: Lobi (African people)
label: Culture
content: Bobo (African people)
label: Culture
content: Dogon (African people)
label: Culture
content: Mossi (African people)
label: Culture
content: Tuaregs
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection contains 2136 color 35mm slides and 829 color 35mm negatives taken by Robert Pringle, former Ambassador to Mali, between 1980-1989. The images were taken in Mali, Burkina Faso and Kenya, and depict masquerades, vernacular architecture (including Dogon doors and granaries), mosques, marketplace scenes, pottery, masks (including plank and leaf masks), weaving, art in situ, animals and landscapes. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Tuareg, Lobi, Maasai, Mossi, Dogon, Fula and Bobo (Bwa) peoples. Ambassador Pringle traveled with photographer Christopher Roy and some of Pringle's images depict Roy at work with his own camera.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Robert Pringle is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer and historian specializing in interethnic relations, economic development, and the role of culture. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Mali from 1987 to 1990. His other official postings included Indonesia, the Philippines, Burkina Faso, Papua New Guinea, and South Africa. He has written three books on Southeast Asian history and politics, of which the most recent is A Short History of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm (2004).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2136 Slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
label: Extent
content: 829 Negatives (photographic) (color , 35mm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1980-1989
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Robert and Barbara Pringle, 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2006-006
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Portraits
label: Type
content: Color slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Arranged geographically by country and chronologically therein. Arrangement reflects the original order established by the photographer.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Negatives
label: Genre/Form
content: Portraits
label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides