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
Original title reads, "Four young girls (aged 10-12) with white chalk paint on bodies signify end of training period in seclusion after circumcision rites. Bassa tribe about 20 miles north of Monrovia." [Elisofon field notes, August 1959-December 1959]
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
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Local Numbers
F 2 BSS 10 EE 59
General
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
57938 1 60
Frame value is 6.
Slide No. F 2 BSS 10 EE 59
Place
Africa
Liberia
Topic
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
Body arts
Women
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Bassa (Liberian and Sierra Leone people)
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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Liberia / Bassa girls, with body painting, coming out of the bush period during their initiation rites, 20 miles north of Monrovia, Liberia
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 4705
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.
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EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536870822481-1536871014714-1