Katherine Ake Agouabe, Anna village, Ivory Coast

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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 photograph depicts Katherine Ake Agouabe, daughter of a notable from Ake. She is wearing traditional clothes and gold pendants. "Gold pendants were sometimes worn attached to the hair on festive occasions. This pendant human head is in a style typical of the lagoons region. Akesse Raphael, an Ebrie (now Kyaman) goldsmith, names the design as gobieheme, 'female healer'." [Timothy F. Garrard, 1989: Gold of Africa, Prestel]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ee5f4182-887b-4f8f-904a-de6b14bfca12

Local Numbers

EENG-XIII-20, 32A.

General

Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "D 2 Ebr. Ebrie. Ivory Coast, Anna. Gold plaques, emblems of rank, worn by Katherine Ake Agouabe, daughter of a notable from Ake. 4/5/1972. EE. neg.no. XIII-20, 32A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa

Côte d'Ivoire

Topic

Portraits

Clothing and dress -- Africa

Jewelry

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Kyaman (African people)

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Extent

1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)

Date

1972

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 01318

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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Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ee5f4182-887b-4f8f-904a-de6b14bfca12

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871013545-4

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