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Chief's staff. (Mvwala Amfumu), Zaire, Kongo

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1981
Topic:
Kongo staffs (Walking sticks)  Search this
Ivories, Kongo  Search this
Sculpture, Kongo  Search this
Call number:
NB1098 .F67X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_750399
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An aesthetic of the cool

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1993
Topic:
Aesthetics, African  Search this
Aesthetics, Yoruba  Search this
Call number:
N5311 .A78 1993X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_488908
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Envoi : the place of belief and the site of transformation

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1993
Topic:
African diaspora--Religion  Search this
Altars--African diaspora  Search this
Sacred space--African diaspora  Search this
Religion and culture--African diaspora  Search this
Call number:
NX587 .T47 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_497840
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Prime time, prime movers : from I love Lucy to L.A. law--America's greatest tv shows and the people who created them / David Marc and Robert J. Thompson

Author:
Marc, David  Search this
Thompson, Robert J. 1959-  Search this
Physical description:
336 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1992
C1992
Topic:
Television programs--History  Search this
Television broadcasting--History  Search this
Television broadcasting  Search this
Call number:
PN1992.3.U5M264 1992X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_423432
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The three warriors : Atlantic altars of Esu, Ogun, and Osoosi

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Brazil
Date:
1994
Topic:
Altars, Yoruba  Search this
African diaspora--Religion  Search this
Yoruba cults  Search this
Yoruba shrines  Search this
Tricksters  Search this
Ogun (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Religion  Search this
African influences  Search this
Call number:
NX589.6.N5 Y67 1994X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_491008
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With the assurance of infinity : Yoruba Atlantic altars

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Brazil
Cuba
Date:
1993
Topic:
Yoruba shrines--African diaspora  Search this
African diaspora--Religion  Search this
Religion  Search this
Gods, Yoruba  Search this
Altars, Yoruba  Search this
Altars--African diaspora  Search this
African influences  Search this
Call number:
NX587 .T47 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_489698
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African art in motion; icon and act [in the Collection of Katherine Coryton White. Catalog of an exhibition] National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this
Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery  Search this
Subject:
White, Katherine Coryton Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 275 p. illus. (part col.) 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Date:
1974
[1974]
Topic:
Arts, African  Search this
Arts  Search this
Call number:
NX588.75 .T47X
NX588.75.T47X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_44951
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Dancing between two worlds : Kongo-Angola culture and the Americas : essay / by Robert Farris Thompson ; [edited by C. Daniel Dawson]

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Dawson, C. Daniel  Search this
Caribbean Cultural Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
8 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, Central
America
Date:
1991
C1991
Topic:
Civilization--Exhibitions  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Kongo (African people) influences  Search this
Call number:
DT352.4 .T475 1991
DT352.4.T475 1991
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_423472
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Face of the gods : art and altars of Africa and the African Americas / Robert Farris Thompson

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Museum for African Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
334 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Africa
Date:
1993
C1993
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Altars  Search this
Call number:
NX587 .T47 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_456519
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Overture : the concept 'altar'

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa
United States
Date:
1993
Topic:
Altars  Search this
Altars--African diaspora  Search this
Altars--African influences  Search this
Call number:
NX587 .T47 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_488829
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The face of the past : staff shrines and flag altars

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Mali
Burkina Faso
Suriname
Date:
1993
Topic:
Shrines  Search this
Trees--Religious aspects  Search this
Flags--Religious aspects  Search this
Shrines--African diaspora  Search this
Religion  Search this
African influences  Search this
Call number:
NX587 .T47 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_489302
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The Chevy Chase Club : 1892-1992 / edited by Robert H. Thompson

Author:
Thompson, Robert H. 1923-  Search this
Lynham, John M Chevy Chase Club  Search this
Subject:
Chevy Chase Club (Chevy Chase, Md.) History  Search this
Physical description:
144 p. : col. maps, photos. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1992
Call number:
HS2725.C36 C52 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_463418
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Face of the Gods : the artists and their altars

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
America
Date:
1995
Topic:
Altars--African influences  Search this
Religion  Search this
Bottle trees  Search this
Civilization  Search this
African influences  Search this
Call number:
N1 .A258
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_490994
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Pygmées? : peintures sur écorce battue des Mbuti (Haut-Zaïre) / R. Farris Thompson & S. Bahuchet

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Bahuchet, Serge  Search this
Musée Dapper (Paris, France)  Search this
Physical description:
168 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Ituri Forest
Date:
1991
Topic:
Art, Mbuti  Search this
Bark painting  Search this
Call number:
N7399.C6 T47 1991
N7399.C6T47 1991
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_421855
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Tree, stone, blood, and fire : dawn of the Black Atlantic altar

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, Southern
Date:
1993
Topic:
Pygmies  Search this
Rock art  Search this
Altars  Search this
Call number:
NX587 .T47 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_489300
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Flash of the spirit : African and Afro-American art and philosophy / Robert Farris Thompson

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
America
Date:
1984
1984, c1983
Topic:
Blacks--History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Arts, Black  Search this
African American arts  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_458195
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Mbuti design : paintings by Pygmy women of the Ituri forest / Georges Meurant and Robert Farris Thompson

Author:
Meurant, Georges 1948-  Search this
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Physical description:
221 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm. x 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Ituri Forest
Date:
1996
Topic:
Decoration and ornament, Mbuti  Search this
Art, Mbuti  Search this
Painting, Mbuti  Search this
Mbuti design  Search this
Mbuti bark cloth  Search this
Design  Search this
Women painters, Mbuti  Search this
Call number:
DT650.B36 M59 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_487134
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A chart for the soul : the Kongo Atlantic altar

Author:
Thompson, Robert Farris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Brazil
Cuba
Date:
1993
Topic:
Trees--Religious aspects  Search this
Religion  Search this
Death  Search this
Kongo graves  Search this
African American graves  Search this
African diaspora--Religion  Search this
Bottle trees  Search this
Kongo symbols  Search this
African influences  Search this
Call number:
NX587 .T47 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_489301
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Colonel James Neilson, a business man of the early machine age in New Jersey, 1784-1862, by Robert Thomas Thompson

Author:
Thompson, Robert T (Robert Thomas) 1896-  Search this
Subject:
Neilson, James 1784-1862  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 359 p. front., plates, ports., map. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1940
Call number:
CT275.N43T5 1940aX
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_442629
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Pacific Fruit Express / Anthony W. Thompson, Robert J. Church, Bruce H. Jones

Author:
Thompson, Anthony W  Search this
Church, Robert J. 1939-  Search this
Jones, Bruce H  Search this
Southern Pacific Company  Search this
Union Pacific Railroad Company  Search this
Subject:
Pacific Fruit Express Co  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 432 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 fold. map ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1992
Topic:
Refrigerator cars  Search this
Railroads--History  Search this
Call number:
TF477 .T46 1992
TF477.T46 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_436120

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