Sculpture tools belonging to Yoruba artist Bamgboye, Odo-owa, Nigeria
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-II-20, 28A.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Typed index card reads, "H 2 Yrb. Yoruba. Nigeria, Odo-Owa. Decorated sculpture tools of Bamgboye. 5/1970. EE. neg.no. II-20, 28A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Occupation
- Artists
- Topic
- Wood-carving
- Works of art in situ
- Tools
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Yoruba (African people)
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- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1970
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 03119
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- Scope and Contents
- The photograph depicts decorated sculpture tools of Yoruba sculptor Bamgboye (1893-1978). "Despite this idealistic rendition of the human figure, Bamgboye is able to convey a story that presents his characters in a realistic cultural context. This approach to sculpting makes his work seem ethnographic, as if he were doing a demographic study of the community. Bamgboye shares this penchant for ethnographic details with Lamidi Fakeye." [Okediji, Moyosore B., 2002: African Renaissance: new forms, old images in Yoruba art. Chapter 2, pp.18-34. Boulder: University Press of Colorado]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871016042-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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