Yoruba woman with hair wrapped in black thread, Ife, 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 photograph depicts woman with hair wrapped in black thread pounding a mortar ad pestle. During his trip to Nigeria, Elisofon visited Ife, oldest town of Yoruba people who consider it a holy city & the legendary birthplace of mankind. 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/xo771d29d1e-7489-4c52-a552-a8e3d2ac714b

Local Numbers

EENG-II-5, 26.

General

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

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "D 2 Yrb. Yoruba. Nigeria, Ife. Woman with hair wrapped in black thread pounding a mortar ad pestle. 5/1970. EE. neg.no. II-5, 26." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa

Nigeria

Topic

Portraits

Women

Hairstyles -- Africa

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Yoruba (African people)

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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 01344

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/xo771d29d1e-7489-4c52-a552-a8e3d2ac714b

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871016009-2

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