Negatives
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: 88 Negatives (photographic)
label: Extent
content: 100 Copy negatives
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1987-009, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Copy negatives
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of negatives taken by Eva L.R. Meyerowitz in Abomey, Republic of Benin and in Ghana.  Peoples depicted include the Akan, Fon, Konkomba, and Tallensi. Subjects include 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; 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.