President Mobutu with journalists, Mont Ngaliema, Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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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

"In Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), President Mobutu regularly appeared in public wearing a leopard-skin cap as part of his presidential regalia. While the form of the hat derives from a military cap, his choice of leopard skin was certainly calculated to exploit the symbolic association of the leopard with chiefly legitimacy and power that has a long history in many societies in this region." [Arnoldi M.J., 1995: Introduction: The Head and Hair; Crowning Achievements. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History]. 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.

sova.eepa.1973-001_ref16742

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7172556f4-abee-47bf-aaa2-1adc8954ee63

Local Numbers

C 3 ZAI 20.8 EE 67

General

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

Local Note

Frame value is 31.

Slide No. C 3 ZAI 20.8 EE 67

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Mass media

Leaders

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Kinshasa, 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 2455

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_ref16742

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7172556f4-abee-47bf-aaa2-1adc8954ee63

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536955032661-1536955038238-2

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