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Women at well, near Sanga, Mali

African Art Museum

Women at well, near Sanga, Mali
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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

"Other than cooking, the major servicing task of daily routine performed by women is the drawing and porterage of water. Both young and older women do this, and only menstruating women, or those too young or too weak to carry a full waterpot, do not." [Lane P., 1992: Settlement as History: A Study of Space and Time among the Dogon of Mali. University of Cambridge]. During his trip to Mali, Elisofon visited the Dogon people in Sanga (Sangha), a group of thirteen villages lying east of Bandiagara at the top of an escarpment. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17,1970.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7abc36ed9-7199-4302-8a13-670759e0e071

Local Numbers

J 1 DGN 1.2 EE 70

General

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

Local Note

Frame value is 18.
Slide No. J 1 DGN 1.2 EE 70

Place

Africa
Mali

Topic

Domestic scenes
Households
Pottery
Religious buildings
Cultural landscapes

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Dogon (African people)

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Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1970

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7808

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_ref24665
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7abc36ed9-7199-4302-8a13-670759e0e071
EEPA.1973-001
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871014937-1

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