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Musical Instruments

Bamboo clapstick owned by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis

mid 20th-early 21st century

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A bamboo clapstick owned by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis. The tan, half-round stick is made from a piece bamboo timber, split down the center. The top of the bamboo and the interior is smooth and polished. The top edge, bottom edge, and side edges of the bamboo…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.98.1.5.1
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Musical Instruments

Bamboo clapstick owned by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis

mid 20th-early 21st century

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A bamboo clapstick owned by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis. The tan, half-round stick is made from a piece bamboo timber, split down the center. The top of the bamboo and the interior is smooth and polished. The top edge, bottom edge, and side edges of the bamboo…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.98.1.5.2
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Bamboo lemur, Ranomafana National Forest, Madagascar

2003-08-31

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Original Carousel 17, slide 41.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2095
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Bamboo shoots and plants growing in Banco National Park, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

1966-1968

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Cataloged as “Bamboo shoots and plants growing in Banco National Park, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2616
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Bamgboye and Lamidi Fakeye at Bamgboye's home, Odo Owa, Ekiti

1974

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Cataloged as “Bamgboye and Lamidi Fakeye at Bamgboye's home, Odo Owa, Ekiti” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3880
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Bamgboye, Odo Owa, Ekiti

1974

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Cataloged as “Bamgboye, Odo Owa, Ekiti” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3875
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Bamidele Areogun and friend with Epa sculpture carved by Bamidele Areogun

1974

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Cataloged as “Bamidele Areogun and friend with Epa sculpture carved by Bamidele Areogun” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3847
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Bamidele Areogun's compound and family, Osi, Ekiti

1974

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Cataloged as “Bamidele Areogun's compound and family, Osi, Ekiti” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3864
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Bamidele Areogun's compound, Osi, Ekiti

1974

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Cataloged as “Bamidele Areogun's compound, Osi, Ekiti” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3859
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Bamidele Areogun's workshop

1974

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Cataloged as “Bamidele Areogun's workshop” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3845
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Bana, Senegal Coumba Hotel

[19--]

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Postcard image of a building with a sign on it that reads: "Hotel; Mame Coumba Bang." Text on verso reads: "31 - Bana (Senegal); Hotel Coumba.; Coumba Hotel."On verso: Wakhatilene; Face - Zone Nord; Saint-Louis.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-07-75
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Banana and coffee farms, Tanzania

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Banana and coffee farms, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0282
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[Banana auction at East African market]

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “[Banana auction at East African market]” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0468
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[Banana auction at Zanzibar market], Zanzibar, Tanzania

1966-04

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Cataloged as “[Banana auction at Zanzibar market], Zanzibar, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0334
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Banana auction in old quarter every market day, Tanzania

1966-04

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Cataloged as “Banana auction in old quarter every market day, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0344
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Banana Plantation in Senegal

[19--]

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Postcard image of men loading bananas into an ox-cart. Text on front reads: "Bananeraie au Senegal." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten notes on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1985-014_ref712
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Banana Plantation in the Cameroons

[ca. 1910]

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Printed caption on recto reads, "Fot. Laeisz." Printed caption on verso reads, "Bananenpflanzung. Banana Plantation in the Cameroons. Ed. Afrikanische Frucht-comp. A.-G., Hamburg-Kamerun. No35.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1992-004, Item EEPA 1992-004-120
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Bananas at the main market of Bamako, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Bananas at the main market of Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0495
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[Bananas for sale at Kariakoo market], Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

1966-04

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Cataloged as “[Bananas for sale at Kariakoo market], Dar es Salaam, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0263
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Bananeraie au Sénégal

[19--]

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Text on front reads: "Bananeraie au Sénégal." Translated postcard caption reads, "Banana trees in Senegal." Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "La principale production du Sénégal est celle de l'arachide, dont l'exportation atteint le chiffre de…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-35-04
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Banani village as seen from a nearby mountain, Banani, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Banani village as seen from a nearby mountain, Banani, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2334
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Band

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Band” (Postcards).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1989-001, Item EEPA 1989-010074
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Band of Gelada Baboons, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

2010-09-30

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Original Carousel 24, slide 19.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2967
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Band playing at a party at the Mmabatho Convention Centre, Mmabatho (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Band playing at a party at the Mmabatho Convention Centre, Mmabatho (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066367
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