Masked performer with Ntomo mask, Bamako (national district), Mali

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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

"Among the Bamana, all males receive social and religious instruction. This is accomplished in six stages, each of which increasingly reveals more knowledge about man and the universe. Each stage of instruction has a mask emblem. The first stage is Ndomo. Uncircumcised preteen boys spend five years in Ndomo, advancing through five levels of instruction." [Sieber R., Walker R., 1987: African Art in the Cycle of Life, Smithsonian Institution Press]. 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_ref19834

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ea3a70f9-1432-453a-b793-d51516fb51a5

Local Numbers

E 1 BMB 46 EE 71

General

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

Local Note

Frame value is 8.

Slide No. E 1 BMB 46 EE 71

Place

Africa

Mali

Topic

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

Masquerades

Masks

Dance

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Bamana (African people)

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Mali

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 3452

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_ref19834

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ea3a70f9-1432-453a-b793-d51516fb51a5

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871015120-3

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