James W. Lankton photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: Lankton, James W.
place: label: Place
content: Mushenge (Congo)
label: Place
content: Congo (Democratic Republic)
label: Place
content: Africa
creator: label: Photographer
content: Lankton, James W.
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken by art gallery owner James W. Lankton in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to document Kuba art and culture. Images are primarily from Mushenge, the Kuba capital. 

Activities documented include house building, wood carving, coffee drying, embroidering, hat making, drum playing, hair styling and basket weaving. 

Images of objects include a loom, a mask, musical instruments, royal costumes, road signs and textiles. Architecture includes an art school; village houses; king's palace and reception area; a mission church including altar, doors and interior; market shops; and a weaver's house. Portraits include the Kuba king, the king's retainers, his sons and a weaver.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 225 Slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by James W. Lankton, 1990.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1990-004
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Color slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Images indexed by negative number.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides