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 Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Elisofon visited the Mossi people near Ouagadougou. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Westinghouse Film and traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971.
sova.eepa.1973-001_ref18959
Local Numbers
D 1 MSS 2 EE 71
General
Citation source: Archives staff.
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Exhibitions Note
"West African Permanent Exhibit," held by Sinclair Community College at the Learning Resource Center Library in Dayton, Ohio, beginning 2001. LL01-0003
Local Note
4
Frame value is 20.
Slide No. D 1 MSS 2 EE 71
Place
Africa
Burkina Faso
Topic
Portraits
Body marking -- Africa
Body arts
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Mossi (African people)
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Eliot Elisofon Field collection
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Extent
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Date
1971
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 2665
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_ref18959
Large EAD
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EEPA.1973-001
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536870822481-1536871012509-1