George H. Stathes photographs of Africa
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 99-10
name: label: Creator
content: Stathes, George H.
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Bngala
place: label: Place
content: Burundi
label: Place
content: Congo (Democratic Republic)
label: Place
content: Ghana
label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Rwanda
topic: label: Topic
content: Ngala (African people)
label: Topic
content: Cooking
label: Topic
content: Wood-carving
label: Topic
content: Painting
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Fishing
label: Topic
content: Markets
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
creator: label: Creator
content: Stathes, George H.
culture: label: Culture
content: Tutsi (African people)
label: Culture
content: Mangbetu (African people)
label: Culture
content: Rwandans
label: Culture
content: Burundians
label: Culture
content: Babinga (African people)
label: Culture
content: Bashi (African people)
label: Culture
content: Lokele (African people)
label: Culture
content: Topoke (African people)
label: Culture
content: Mbuti (African people)
label: Culture
content: Batwa (African people)
label: Culture
content: Nigerians
label: Culture
content: Ghanaians
label: Culture
content: Congolese (Democratic Republic)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: George H. Stathes (1925-1996) worked for the Ford Foundation and Texaco Oil, mostly in Nigeria.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1,300 Color slides (circa)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1963-1967
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Diana Altman, George H. Stathes's widow, 1999.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.99-10
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by George H. Stathes in northern Nigeria, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda during the mid 1960s. Stathes' photographs depict people, agriculture, markets, fishing and fisheries, roads, a cemetery, ceremonies and dances, art, and Rwenzori Mountains.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Abuja pottery collected by Stathes held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 2010265.