Object Details
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Citation
Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
The photograph depicts shi women working as tea pickers. They are paid by weight picked. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited the Moreau tea plantation in Makelele village. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and traveled to Africa from early December 1966 to early February 1967.
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Local Numbers
M 3 SHI 4 EE 67
General
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
2
Frame value is 37.
Slide No. M 3 SHI 4 EE 67
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topic
Agriculture
Women
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Shi (African people)
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Eliot Elisofon Field collection
Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Makelele Village, Congo (Democratic Republic)
Extent
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Date
1967
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10843
Type
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Color slides
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form
Color slides
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Large EAD
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EEPA.1973-001
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536955032661-1536955038811-2