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 Dan (or Yakuba) are a population of farmers speaking a language derived from the Mande group and are considered Mande-sud. Empowered speech is the core of the Mande image of bards. Charles Bird notes that the musical instruments bards use and the songs they sing are considered so full of this occult energy that anyone else would be destroyed by attempting to perform them. Threatening as this power may be, it is nevertheless believed crucial to society." [McNaughton P., 1987: Nyamakalaw: the Mande bards and blacksmiths. African Art and Litterature, Word and Image, vol. 3 #3]. 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.
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Local Numbers
F 2 DAN 3 EE 71
General
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
43
Frame value is 13.
Slide No. F 2 DAN 3 EE 71
Place
Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Occupation
Artists
Topic
Music
Musical instruments
Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
Clothing and dress -- Africa
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Dan (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 4764
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-1536870822481-1536871013426-0