Mounted armed guards of the Emir of Katsina during festival of Sallah, Katsina, Nigeria

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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 festivals of Sallah are celebrated on the two big Muslim holidays, Eid-el-Fitri and Eid-el-kabir, in December and February. The Emir's armed guards are dressed in chain mail tunics, for ceremonial purpose. Vests of chain armor are visible under the swirling blue robes, and faces peer out from dark indigo turbans wrapped around the head and under the chin. They carry long spears. 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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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo710430047-92c7-4e6e-85b4-5657ee2a2370

Local Numbers

G 1 HSA 75 EE 59

General

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

Local Note

58482 38

Frame value is 26.

Slide No. G 1 HSA 75 EE 59

Place

Africa

Nigeria

Topic

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

Regalia

Clothing and dress -- Africa

Animals -- Africa

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Hausa (African people)

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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 6320

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_ref23015

Large EAD

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EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871015596-3

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