Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz presenting a Luluyonkori troupe of Cuban Black and mixed-race singers, dancers and drummers to demonstrate the African cultural traits in the Black population of Cuba, before a White audience in Havana, Cuba, May 30, 1937

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Title
Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz presenting a Luluyonkori troupe of Cuban Black and mixed-race singers, dancers and drummers to demonstrate the African cultural traits in the Black population of Cuba, before a White audience in Havana, Cuba, May 30, 1937
Names
Herskovits, Frances S. (Frances Shapiro), 1897-1972 (Collector)
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963 (Collector)
Collection

Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits photograph collection

General (1907-196?)

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1937-05-30
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Meville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection / Box 11
Topics
Ortiz, Fernando, 1881-1969
Blacks -- Cuba
Anthropologists -- Cuba
Blacks in the performing arts -- Cuba
Lectures and lecturing -- Cuba -- Havana
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Original image has handwritten description on verso.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 13 x 18 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12490619
MSS Unit ID: 531904
Photo Order: 55742
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f013abb0-ae59-0133-04b5-00505686a51c
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Item timeline of events

  • 1897: Creator Born
  • 1937: Created
  • 1972: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz presenting a Luluyonkori troupe of Cuban Black and mixed-race singers, dancers and drummers to demonstrate the African cultural traits in the Black population of Cuba, before a White audience in Havana, Cuba, May 30, 1937" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1937. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/788570e0-b0d1-0133-0271-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz presenting a Luluyonkori troupe of Cuban Black and mixed-race singers, dancers and drummers to demonstrate the African cultural traits in the Black population of Cuba, before a White audience in Havana, Cuba, May 30, 1937" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/788570e0-b0d1-0133-0271-00505686a51c

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1937). Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz presenting a Luluyonkori troupe of Cuban Black and mixed-race singers, dancers and drummers to demonstrate the African cultural traits in the Black population of Cuba, before a White audience in Havana, Cuba, May 30, 1937 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/788570e0-b0d1-0133-0271-00505686a51c

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Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz presenting a Luluyonkori troupe of Cuban Black and mixed-race singers, dancers and drummers to demonstrate the African cultural traits in the Black population of Cuba, before a White audience in Havana, Cuba, May 30, 1937