Timothy Garrard photographic collection
odd: label: General note
content: Title provided by EEPA staff.
name: label: Photographer
content: Garrard, Timothy F.
label: Names
content: Poro (Society)
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Mali
label: Place
content: CÃ´te d'Ivoire
label: Place
content: Ghana
label: Place
content: Burkina Faso
topic: label: Topic
content: Goldweights
label: Topic
content: Natural landscapes
label: Topic
content: Cultural landscapes
creator: label: Photographer
content: Garrard, Timothy F.
culture: label: Culture
content: Senufo (African people)
label: Culture
content: Baule (African people)
label: Culture
content: Akan (African people)
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of approximately 25,000 images (negatives and prints) taken by the late Dr. Timothy Garrard (1943-2007). Some images were taken in Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso between 1980-1990, but the majority were taken in Cote d'Ivoire from 1983-2002. Subjects depicted include natural and cultural landscapes, the Senufo Poro society, and the Akan, Baule and Senufo peoples.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Dr. Timothy F. Garrard (1943-2007) was a British lawyer and archaeologist who lived and worked most of his adult life in West Africa, including Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. He is known for his scholarly work on the gold trade, and in particular, his study of goldweights, the bronze castings used for weighing gold dust, the original currency of the region.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25,000 items
label: Extent
content: negatives (color , 35mm)
label: Extent
content: photographic prints (color , 4 x 6 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980-2002
container: label: Container
content: Item 25000
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Timothy Garrard, 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2009-013
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Color photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Negatives are arranged by binder and reflects the original order established by the photographer.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Negatives
label: Genre/Form
content: Color photographs