Pastoral Maasai with cattle, Olengaitoli village, Kenya

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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 Maasai (Masai) are unique among East African pastoralists in their cultural choice to live exclusively of pastoral foods. They attempt to subsist on a diet solely consisting of the milk, meat and blood of their domestic stock. Their dietary ideal excludes, and their entire culture strongly devaluates, all plants food and game meat." [Kaj Arhem, 1987: Milk, Meat and Blood. Working Papers in African Studies, University of Uppsala.]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ee0f9614-c55a-4d28-9d04-0a1458ce93c3

Local Numbers

M 4 MSI 2.4 EE 59

General

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

57938 36

Frame value is 7.

Slide No. M 4 MSI 2.4 EE 59

Place

Africa

Kenya

Topic

Clothing and dress -- Africa

Agriculture

Cattle -- Africa

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Maasai (African people)

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Kenya

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1959

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 11003

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.

EEPA.1973-001_ref1671

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EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871014504-3

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