Market vendors selling raw materials used for sacred objects, medicine and prestige paraphernalia, Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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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

Original title reads, "Leopoldville market. Two sections: Juju or witch doctor material such antelope horns, sea snails, herbs, powders, bits of metal, fur dried organs of animals, etc." [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.

sova.eepa.1973-001_ref26293

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo790770612-9e05-45d1-bc24-8c257f921388

Local Numbers

K 3 ZAI 78.2 EE 59

General

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

Local Note

57938 1 23

Frame value is 28.

Slide No. K 3 ZAI 78.2 EE 59

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Marketplaces

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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 9272

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_ref26293

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo790770612-9e05-45d1-bc24-8c257f921388

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536955032661-1536955038214-3

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