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Historical photographs & visual records

Calabash Carvers, Group Portrait, Ithurogbe, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Calabash Carvers, Group Portrait, Ithurogbe, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1821
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Calabash Dish, Ithurogbe, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Calabash Dish, Ithurogbe, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0730
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Calabash Rattle and Sifters at Market, Jattu, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Calabash Rattle and Sifters at Market, Jattu, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1675
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Calabash Rattles; Sifters at Market, Jattu, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Calabash Rattles; Sifters at Market, Jattu, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1666
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Historical photographs & visual records

Calabash Seller, Nigeria

1993

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Calabash vendor sitting among his wares at a market in Northern Nigeria, January of 1993. Photographed by Sujatha Pelletier. Original caption reads, "Calabash-seller at Kasuwar Maagani, The 'Medicine Market,' in Northern Nigeria, January of 1993.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-003, Item EEPA.1998-003-0001
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Historical photographs & visual records

Calabash Wood Carver, Nigeria

1993

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Calabash wood carver sitting among his wares at a market in Northern Nigeria, January of 1993. Photographed by Sujatha Pelletier. Original caption reads, "Calabash-carver at Kasuwar Maagani, The 'Medicine Market,' in Northern Nigeria, January of 1993.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-003, Item EEPA.1998-003-0002
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Calabashes for sale at a market in Mopti, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Calabashes for sale at a market in Mopti, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0536
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Historical photographs & visual records

Calabashes for sale in Bamako, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Calabashes for sale in Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0383
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Calabashes stacked on a truck for sale, Djenné, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Calabashes stacked on a truck for sale, Djenné, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0381
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Film & Television

Calah Lane

2009–

Calah Francine Lane (born April 20, 2009) is an American actress and singer. She was born in Irving, Texas and started performing as an actress at the age of 4. She had minor parts in commercials, short movies and episodes of television series, before…

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Historical photographs & documents

Caldwell and Carroll

1866–68

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Cataloged as “Caldwell and Carroll”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 4.1.9.3
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Literature

Caleb Azumah Nelson

1993–

Caleb Azumah Nelson (born 1993) is a British writer and photographer. His 2021 debut novel, Open Water, won the Costa Book Award for First Novel.

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Sports

Caleb Chukwuemeka

2002–

Chigoziem Caleb Chukwuemeka (; born 25 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Austria to Nigerian parents, he also holds United Kingdom citizenship. He is a product of the Northampton Town academy and subsequently was…

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Literature

Caleb Femi

1990–

Caleb Femi (born 1990) is a Nigerian-British author, film director, photographer, and former young people's laureate for London. His debut poetry collection, Poor, was awarded a Forward Prize for Poetry.

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Sports

Caleb Folan

1982–

Caleb Colman Folan (born 26 October 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in England, he represented the Republic of Ireland in international football, qualifying through grandparents on his maternal side from Galway.

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Sports & Achievement

Caleb Jones (ice hockey)

1997–

Caleb Jay Jones (born June 6, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was…

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Sports

Caleb Kporha

2006–

Caleb Billy Mawuko Kporha (born 15 July 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Crystal Palace as a right-back or right wing-back. He is an England youth international.

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Film & Television

Caleb McLaughlin

2001–

Caleb Reginald McLaughlin (born October 13, 2001) is an American actor. He gained international recognition playing Lucas Sinclair in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He began his career playing young Simba in the Broadway musical The Lion…

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Music

Caleb Quaye

1948–

Caleb Quaye (born 9 October 1948) is an English rock guitarist and studio musician best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with Elton John, Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney, Hall & Oates and Ralph McTell, and also toured with Shawn…

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Sports

Caleb Truax

1983–

Caleb Truax (born September 14, 1983) is an American professional boxer. He held the IBF super middleweight title from 2017 to 2018, and challenged for the title in 2021. He also challenged once for the WBA (Regular) middleweight title in 2015.

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History & Culture

Caleb Wiley

2004–

Caleb Ryan Wiley (born December 22, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for EFL Championship club Preston North End, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.

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Film & Television

Caleel Harris

2003–

Caleel Harris (born April 19, 2003) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Antron McCray in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us. He also played AJ in the Nickelodeon animated series Blaze and the Monster Machines ("Runaway Rocket"–Season…

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Film & Television

Caleen Sinnette Jennings

Biography

Caleen Sinnette Jennings is an American actor, director, and playwright. She is a professor of performing arts at American University College of Arts and Sciences.

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Sports

Calen Carr

1982–

Calen Carr (born October 4, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player. He played in Major League Soccer for the Chicago Fire and Houston Dynamo as a forward and winger. He currently works for MLS as a match analyst for MLS Season Pass…

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