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
Tombouctou region was created from the West section of the Gao region; most of area lies in Sahara desert; smaller South area in Niger River Valley produces irrigated crops, including rice & corn; inhabitants in the Sahara include Tuaregs & Moors. 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
EENG-VII-3, 30.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "b 1 Mal. Mali. Timbuctu. Bread oven. Dec. 1970. EE. neg.no. VII-3, 30." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
Mali
Topic
Portraits
Children
Transportation
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
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Extent
1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
Date
1970
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 00697
Type
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Black-and-white negatives
Negatives
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
Black-and-white negatives
Negatives
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536870822481-1536871014981-1