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
Rwandan music instruments consist of drums (ingoma), bamboo flute (urusengo), flute made of lobelia (umwirongi), trumpets (amakondera) and trumpets made of antelope horns (amahembe). A corded instrument (inigiri), musical bow (umuchiri), cithara (imango). Instruments with metallic strips (ikembe), the rattle (ikinyuguri), winnoning basket (urutaro) and little belt attached on the dancers ankles (amayugi). This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from early March 1951 to July 1951.
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Local Numbers
F 4 TTS 101 EE 51
General
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
25 2028
Frame value is 46.
Slide No. F 4 TTS 101 EE 51
Place
Africa
Rwanda
Topic
Music
Musical instruments
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Tutsi (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 6165
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_ref22843
Large EAD
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EEPA.1973-001
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536870822481-1536871016213-2