Female dancers performing at the court of Yaka kyambvu (ruler) Pandzu Pfumukulu, near Kasongo Lunda, 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

The Yaka inhabit Popokabaka, Kenge, and Kasongo Lunda sectors of Bandundu Province of southwestern Congo and Uige Province of northern Angola. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from early March 1951 to July 1951.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7166b2d5d-9e7e-460d-9ea9-c42afc63d6c2

Local Numbers

E 3 PND 68 EE 51

General

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

Local Note

Frame value is 23.

Slide No. E 3 PND 68 EE 51

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Music

Women

Body arts

Body marking -- Africa

Dance

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Yaka (African people)

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Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1951

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 4361

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_ref20842

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7166b2d5d-9e7e-460d-9ea9-c42afc63d6c2

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536955032661-1536955038187-2

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