Herbert M. Cole photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Cole, Herbert M
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Kenya
topic: label: Topic
content: Portrait photography -- Africa
label: Topic
content: Women
creator: label: Creator
content: Cole, Herbert M
culture: label: Culture
content: Samburu (African people)
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content: Herbert M. Cole photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken by Herbert M. Cole of people and architecture in Kenya, 1973. Peoples included are the Samburu, Turkana and Pokot.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Herbert M. Cole, art historian, received a B.A. from Williams College, 1957 and, from Columbia University, a M.A. in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1968. In 1973, Dr. Cole conducted five months of field research in Kenya on jewelry and personal decoration. Several of Dr. Cole's published articles draw upon his observations and experiences during this time. These include in African Arts, "Vital Arts in Northern Kenya," (VII, 2, winter 1974, pages. 12-23, 82); "Photography in Africa," (XVIII, 4, August 1985, pages 28-29); and "The Art and Technology of Field Photograph," (XVIII, 4, August 1985, pages. 46-55, 98-99). In Bead Journal, "Artistic and Communitive Values of Beads in Kenya and Ghana," (I, 3, 1975, pages 104-132. Lastly, in Fabrics of Culture: Anthropology of Clothing and Adornment, ed. by Justine M. Cordwell and Ronald Schwartz, "Living Art Among the Samburu," (The Hague: Mouton, 1979).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 357 Slides (photographs) (color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973
container: label: Container
content: Item 357
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Herbert M. Cole, 2000.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2000-008
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