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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Dance card for the University of Illinois Senior Ball

1924

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A dance card from the 1924 University of Illinois Senior Ball, which featured live music from King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. The dance card is a small, printed paper booklet strung on a silk cord loop with front and back covers composed of thin wood. Both…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.45
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Visual Arts

Dance Figure No. 2

1989

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A mezzotint of a dancing female figure by Eldzier Cortor. Drawn in dark grayscale, a female figure leans backwards with her arms outstretched. She wears a heavily shaded grayscale dress, and is depicted against sharp art deco geometric shapes jutting…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.170.5
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gelatin silver prints

Dance of the Wash

1930s

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Dance of the Wash - Backyard on 57th Street, Manhattan, New York, 1930's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 4. A black-and-white photograph of clotheslines hanging in an alleyway.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.3
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dance performance during a Hausa harvest celebration, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Dance performance during a Hausa harvest celebration, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0342
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dance performance, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Dance performance, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0172
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dance performance with drums, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Dance performance with drums, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0180
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dance performer in costume, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Dance performer in costume, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0317
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dance performer on the ground during a Leaf Masquerade, Ohoro Town, Nigeria

1971

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Cataloged as “Dance performer on the ground during a Leaf Masquerade, Ohoro Town, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0080
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dance performers carrying an Ogumogu dancer during an Afenmai-Ekperi Ogumogu performance at a National Museum of Lagos Exhibition, Lagos, Nigeria

1971

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Cataloged as “Dance performers carrying an Ogumogu dancer during an Afenmai-Ekperi Ogumogu performance at a National Museum of Lagos Exhibition, Lagos, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0015
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dance performers in costume, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Dance performers in costume, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0352
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Musical Instruments

Dance rattle

19th or 20th century

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A wrought-iron dance rattle of the type used in West Africa, possibly a Yoruban rattle called an 'iku,' worn around the ankle during dances. The iron rattle is a skeuomorph of a seed-pod rattle, with three iron clappers inside each "pod" found on either…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.10.10
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Dance rattle

1800s

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Metal dance rattle with oval shaped hole in center. Sides of rattle have flattened pieces of metal that create little compartments. Inside these small spaces are small pebbles that make noise when the rattle is jostled. Attached at one side of rattle are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.1
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Dance rattle

1800s

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Metal dance rattle with oval shaped hole in center. Sides of rattle have flattened pieces of metal that create little compartments. Inside these small spaces are small pebbles that make noise when the rattle is jostled. Attached at one side of rattle are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.2
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Dance rattle

1800s

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Metal dance rattle with oval shaped hole in center. Sides of rattle have flattened pieces of metal that create little compartments. Inside these small spaces are small pebbles that make noise when the rattle is jostled. Attached at one side of rattle are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #109

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of Arthur Mitchell and three (3) unidentified women at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. Mitchell stands at the left side of the frame wearing a tan colored jacket with jeans and holding paper in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.12
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #128

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of students in class at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. At the left frame is a man in a red sweatshirt with white printed text reading "DANCE THEATRE / OF HARLEM" and black tights. He holds the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.13
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #129

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of students in class at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. The teacher, a man in a red sweatshirt with white printed text reading "DANCE THEATRE / OF HARLEM" and black tights, stands with his feet…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.14
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #14

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of a performance by Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. In the left background is a painted backdrop of American flag bunting draped in the window of a building. A high wooden bar set piece is in front…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #2

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of a dress rehearsal for Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. The photographer is in the wings of a stage. A row of four (4) female dancers wearing white costumes with long tulle skirts stand with their…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #2

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of a performance by Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. The dancers are in front of a painted backdrop of American flag bunting draped in the window of a building. A high wooden bar set piece is in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #3

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of two male dancers from the Dance Theatre of Harlem performing in 1983. Both of the dancers are dressed in the same costume of gold pants, blue and gold tunics, gold turbans, and swords in hilts at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #66

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of Arthur Mitchell with the dancers and staff of the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. Mitchell and a woman in a light blue shirt are seated at the center frame in front of a mirror. They are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.7
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #68

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of dancers from the Dance Theatre of Harlem rehearsing in 1983. One (1) male dancer in the left foreground wears a long-sleeved dark brown shirt and holds his arms above his head in fifth position.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.8
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Photographs and Still Images

Dance Theatre of Harlem #75

1983

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A color digital image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of two (2) young dancers in class at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. In the foreground is a child wearing a white tank top, behind is an older child in a black leotard. Both children hold their…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.96.9
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