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Exhibitions and Art Shows Correspondence — Exhibition Records

1951-1955

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Cataloged as “Exhibitions and Art Shows Correspondence” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref249
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Exhibitions in the National Gallery of Zimbabwe as seen from an upper level gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

1995

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Cataloged as “Exhibitions in the National Gallery of Zimbabwe as seen from an upper level gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-002, Item EEPA 1995-020015
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Exodus

April 2014

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An abstract acrylic painting by Claude Lawrence. The painting features strokes of black paint creating shapes and forms, including facial features, against large swaths of color. At bottom center, a profile of a face appears in white, with shade of pink…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.145.10
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Exotic cat skins for sale, Lake Togo to Lome, Togo

2004 November 20

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Exotic cat skins for sale. Original Carousel number, 5, slide number, 114.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0647
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Exotic Dancer, name unknown, c. mid 1950s

ca. 1955

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This black and white photograph depicts a woman in dancing in costume. Standing with arms outstretched in the air, she wears a bikini top and bottom with long fringe. She wears a long coat, the ends of which she holds up behind her. There are chairs and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.117.15
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Experimental Choreography by Masazumi Chaya with Andre Tyson, Dana Hash, & Aubrey Lynch II — Prints for Jack Mitchell Publication

1991

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Cataloged as “Experimental Choreography by Masazumi Chaya with Andre Tyson, Dana Hash, & Aubrey Lynch II” (Prints).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.245_ref336
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Experimental Choreography by Masazumi Chaya with Aubrey Lynch II, Desmond Richardson, & Andre Tyson — Prints for Jack Mitchell Publication

1991

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Cataloged as “Experimental Choreography by Masazumi Chaya with Aubrey Lynch II, Desmond Richardson, & Andre Tyson” (Prints).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.245_ref334
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"Exploitation agricole en Guinée Française." [Farm in French Guinea], Guinée

Date not recorded

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Exploitation agricole en Guinée Française.; CARTE POSTALE. Published by LÉVY ET NEURDEIN RÉUNIS, 44, RUE LETELLIER, PARIS.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0849
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Expo

ca. 1974

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This is the Expo necklace designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The necklace is made of a single piece of sterling silver wire shaped as an open-ended torque necklace, or neck ring, with looped ends. The necklace is twisted and bent with it…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.12.27
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Export permits, National Museum, Accra

1986

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Donor notes read: "National Museum, Accra; Export permits; interior. The date on the slide is MAR 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0290
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Exposiçao Colonial Portuguesa Mulher da Guiné

circa 1934

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Exposiçao Colonial Portuguesa. Mulher da Guiné." Manuscript date on recto. Printed text on verso reads: "Made in Germany.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA PG 2012-001-0946
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Exposiçao Colonial Portugueza, Portugal, Porto, 1934 Trecho da Aldeia Indigena de Bijagoz, Guiné

circa 1934

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Printed caption on verso reads: "No. 5. - 1 a Exposiçao Colonial Portugueza / Portugal - Porto, 1934 / Trecho da Aldeia Indigena de Bijagoz - Guiné." Additional printed text on verso reads: "Made in Germany." Logo on recto. Postmarked postage stamp,…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA PG 2012-001-0923
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Extérieur et intérieur de la chapelle de Mendida (Abysinnie)

circa 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Extérieur et intérieur de la Chapelle de Mendida (Abyssinie)." Translated caption reads: "Exterior and interior of the chapel of Mendida (Abysinia)." Printed text on verso reads: "Phototypie - 49. rue de Canteleu. Lille.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA ET 2010-025-0075
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Exterior Alihaj Arowold building, Ikenne, Nigeria

1973-11

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Original text on slide reads, "Exterior Alihaj Arowold building".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1382
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Exterior façade of Biete Abba Libanos, Lalibela, Ethiopia

2010-09-27

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Original Carousel 22, slide 40.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2713
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Exterior of a Forest Shrine (Ugbe Ebo), Ikao, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Exterior of a Forest Shrine (Ugbe Ebo), Ikao, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5471
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Exterior of a shrine, Ikao, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Exterior of a shrine, Ikao, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5329
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Exterior of a title house during an Oghalo Title ceremony, Ogute, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Exterior of a title house during an Oghalo Title ceremony, Ogute, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5992
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