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Boys posing in front of house, Wadi Halfa, Sudan

African Art Museum

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

During his trip to Sudan, Elisofon visited the Upper Nile region (now, A`ali an-Nil region). This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from January 8, 1947 to end of June 1947.
Publication title reads, "Young boys, in attitudes ranging from mock-fighting to a British-style salute, pose before a house in Wadi Halfa, on the Sudan-Egypt border. The drawings and inscriptions on the wall behind them indicate that the owner of the house has made the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca." [Elisofon E., Van Der Post L., 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press].
sova.eepa.1973-001_ref18946

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e5a92342-4133-4271-8df1-c34556032d0a

General

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

Local Note

Slide No. Z 7 EGY 2.2 EE 47

Place

Africa
Sudan

Topic

Portraits
Children
Mural painting and decoration

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection
Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Sudan

Extent

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Date

1947

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 26537

Type

Archival materials
Lantern 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.

Bibliography

The Nile : by Eliot Elisofon / Laurens Van Der Post. New York : The Viking Press, 1964. P. 102, plate 116-117.

Genre/Form

Lantern slides

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1973-001_ref18946
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e5a92342-4133-4271-8df1-c34556032d0a
EEPA.1973-001
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871016288-2

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