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Historical photographs & visual records

Artwork of Pitika Ntuli Durban, South Africa

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Artwork of Pitika Ntuli Durban, South Africa” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1144
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Artwork , South Africa

1970-1999

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Cataloged as “Artwork , South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2012-010, Item EEPA 2012-010-1469
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Historical photographs & visual records

Artwork with painted border, South Africa

1970-1999

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Cataloged as “Artwork with painted border, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2012-010, Item EEPA 2012-010-1568
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MUSEUM OBJECT
acrylic paintings

Arty (Centerpiece)

1970

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Arty is the centerpiece of Nelson Stevens’s triptych, Unity, and was inspired by the archetypal Christian altarpieces from the Byzantine era. Stevens replaced the traditional white religious figures with an image of a young Black woman. To elevate African…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.73
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Historical photographs & visual records

Arugba Shango

1972

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Cataloged as “Arugba Shango” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2646
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Arugba Shango and priest, Ile Aremo

1972

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Cataloged as “Arugba Shango and priest, Ile Aremo” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2596
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Arugba Shango as shrine, Ile Odoode

1972

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Cataloged as “Arugba Shango as shrine, Ile Odoode” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2622
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Arugba Shango at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Insitution, Washington D.C.

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Arugba Shango, Artist unknown, at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Insitution, Washington D.C., object number 2005-6-173.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2650
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Arugba Shango carved by Adeosun in the National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria

1982

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Arugba Shango (no Natl. Mus. Number) carved by Adeosun, the artist and son of Fakeye, of Ile Obajisun. At the National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3290
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Arugba Shango carved by Adeosun (son of Fakeye)

1982

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Cataloged as “Arugba Shango carved by Adeosun (son of Fakeye)” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2647
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Arugba Shango carved by Baba Fakeye, Ile Odoode

1972

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Cataloged as “Arugba Shango carved by Baba Fakeye, Ile Odoode” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2626
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Arugba Shango, Ile Aren

1974

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Cataloged as “Arugba Shango, Ile Aren” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2599
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Arugba Shango, Ile Obajoko

1981

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Cataloged as “Arugba Shango, Ile Obajoko” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2635
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Arugba Shango, Ile Obaro

1981

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Cataloged as “Arugba Shango, Ile Obaro” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2629
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arugba Shango in National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria

1981

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arugba Shango (no number) in National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria; Akobi Ogun Fakeye (1878-1946).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3166
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Arugba Shango (possibly carved by Adeosun)

1982

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Cataloged as “Arugba Shango (possibly carved by Adeosun)” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2649
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Aruna, Imionoh, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Aruna, Imionoh, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3347
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Arvelia Myers

1927–2017

Arvelia Myers (25 February 1927 – October 25, 2017) was an American tennis player, wife, mother, coach, entrepreneur, and activist. After excelling in the sport, she founded Pyramid Tennis, the first female-owned, African-American tennis program, in Harlem…

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Arts & Performance

Arvell Jones

Biography

Arvell Jones (whose earliest work is billed Arvell Malcolm Jones) is an American comics artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for DC Comics and its imprint Milestone Media.

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Film & Television

Arvie Lowe Jr.

1978–

Arvie Lowe Jr. (born February 3, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Boots in the 1992 film Newsies.

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Sports

Arvin Appiah

2001–

Arvin Amoakoh Appiah (born 5 January 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League Two club Bristol Rovers. Born in the Netherlands, he represented England at youth level.

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Music

Arz (rapper)

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Rome Myers, known professionally as Arz, is a British rapper and songwriter hailing from North-East London. His single, "Alone With You", reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart. It was certified platinum in the UK by BPI.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

As I Saw It, Not Communism But Commonism: A Prophetic Appraisal of the Status Quo, a Message for Our Times and for All Times, for America and for All Nations

1954

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A hardcover edition of As I Saw It, Not CommUnism But CommOnism: a Prophetic Appraisal of the Status Quo, a Message for our Times and for all Times, for America and for all Nations, by Thomas Elliott Huntley. It is a cloth-bound book with five groups of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.16
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