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Scarification

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

Lega woman, age 20, with cotton wrapped hairstyle. The date on the slide is OCT 59.
sova.eepa.1973-001_ref19143

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ac410a76-1cc6-4853-b8ee-c2352fa9ea5a

Local Numbers

D 3 LGA 5 EE 59

General

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

Local Note

Time Life no. 57938 1 12
Frame value is 32.
Slide No. D 3 LGA 5 EE 59

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Body marking -- Africa
Body arts

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Lega (African people)
Lega (African people)

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

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 2831

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_ref19143
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ac410a76-1cc6-4853-b8ee-c2352fa9ea5a
EEPA.1973-001
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536955032661-1536955039279-0

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