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Grege Bush, or the Country devils Monrovia

Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Grebo (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Liberia
Liberia, -- Montserrado County, -- Monrovia
Date:
circa 1910
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "Grege Bush or the Country devils, Monrovia."
Manuscript caption on recto; manuscript message on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA LB-17-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Masquerades  Search this
Costume -- Africa  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA LB 2010-001-0198
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 24: Liberia (LB)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e633ec5f-deb9-4f22-b02a-29e4eb0e619c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref5443

Philip M. Abram photographs

Extent:
358 Slides (photographs) (+22 postcards, color)
10 Photographic prints ((dupe prints), color, 8 x 10 in. or smaller)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Dogon (African people)  Search this
Vai (African people)  Search this
Grebo (African people)  Search this
Bassa (Liberian and Sierra Leone people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Photographic prints
Color slides
Postcards
Place:
Liberia
Mali
Guinea
Côte d'Ivoire
Cameroon
Burkina Faso
Africa
Date:
1957-1973
bulk 1970-1973
Summary:
Photographs taken and postcards gathered by Philip M. Abrams during his travels through Liberia, Mali, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon and Burkina Faso, 1970-1973. Activities documented in the images include a Bundu sande women's society performance with Sowei (female guardian spirit) masks in Liberia; a Dogon dama (festival) masquerade staged for tourists in Sangha, Mali; a Grebo war dance in Krutown, Monrovia, Liberia; young Vai boys during initiation into the poro male secret society; and masked Vai dancers performing on Providence Island, Monrovia.
Arrangement note:
Slides:organized in one volume;.arranged numerically by image number.

Dupe prints:organized in one volume;arranged numerically by image number.
Biographical/Historical note:
U.S. Foreign Service Official.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Photographic prints
Postcards
Identifier:
EEPA.1986-002
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Philip M. Abram photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ca0ad1dc-01ae-4f89-8a53-e2b53cf0403c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1986-002

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