Eva L. R. Meyerowitz Photographs

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

This collection measures 0.5 cubic feet and consists of negatives and photographs taken by Eva L.R. Meyerowitz in Abomey, Republic of Benin; Umahahya, Nigeria; and Techiman, Ghana. Peoples depicted include the Akan, Fon, Konkomba, and Tallensi. Subjects include artisans; artwork and objects that were originally displyed in King Bezu's palace in Abomey, including sculptures, staffs, applique cloth, and bas-reliefs; blacksmiths; dancing; a Legba shrine; markets, including one in Bohicon, Nigeria; potters; priests and priestesses at Abomey; and vernacular architeture. Individuals depicted include two wives of King Behanzin, Prince Justin Aho, and the only surviving Dahomey Amazon women warriors who had fought against the French in 1894.

Collection

Eva L. R. Meyerowitz Photographs

Catalog date

circa 1936 - circa 1937

Recorded places

Africa; Abomey (Benin); Umahahya (Nigeria); Techiman (Ghana); Benin; Ghana; Nigeria

Cataloged creator or photographer

Meyerowitz, Eva L. R. (Eva Lewin Richter), 1899-1994; Meyerowitz, Herbert Vladimir, 1900-1945

Recorded subjects

Tallensi (African people); Akan (African people)

Format and extent

88 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35 mm); 268 Copy negatives (black and white, 35 mm)

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