James E. Payne photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: Payne, James E., 1941-
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: ʼAmāra kelel (Ethiopia)
label: Place
content: Ethiopia
label: Place
content: Egypt
label: Place
content: Omdurman (Sudan)
label: Place
content: Kordofan (Sudan)
label: Place
content: Sudan
label: Place
content: Lalibela (Ethiopia)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, religious -- Ethiopia
creator: label: Photographer
content: Payne, James E., 1941-
culture: label: Culture
content: Nuba
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken by James E. Payne while on vacation in East Africa of Coptic Christians in Ethiopia and the daily life of the Nuba and people in the Sudan.  

Images of Christians, mostly taken in the village of Lalibel, show various activities such as celebrations during the Timkat festival, cooking, Bible study and washing. Also depicted are art objects to include crucifixes and illuminated manuscripts. 

Images of the Nuba in Sudan, many from the Kordofan region, illustrate activities such as boat building in Omdurman, celebrating an Islamic festival in Omdurman, buying and selling in markets, and wrestling. Portraits depict body art and costumes. Also included are structures such as burial mounds and decorated houses.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Graduated in 1963 with a B.S. degree in science education from Jackson State College and held several positions in the personnel management field. Since 1990 he has been a personnel manager at the Liberty Science Museum in Jersey City, New Jersey.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 325 Slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973-1977
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by James E. Payne, 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1988-006
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs