Gelede Art Objects/Carvers
name: label: Collection Photographer
content: Houlberg, Marilyn
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content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 301 Slides (photographs) (Binder 2, items 571-864)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1969-circa 1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2005-002, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series is primarily comprised of images of art objects and masks that relate to the deity Gelede, as well as carvers producing these items.  Additional subjects represented include divination, initiation, Ibeji and Shango art objects and festivals, shrines, portraits of individuals in traditional dress, U.S. African-American art, Oyotunji Village, Yoruba people, Eshu priest and priestess, and photos of Eddie Solaru's personal photo album.  Some of the photos were taken by Eliot Elisofon and Jack Pemberton.