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
During his trip to South Africa, Elisofon traveled from Grahamstown to Port Elisabeth. On his way, he took pictures of Xhosa people on their way to weekly Sunday knobkerry fight with another group. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from January 8, 1947 to end of June 1947.
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Local Numbers
Negative number 24658, R-2, 9.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Negative is missing.
Typed index card reads, "D 5 Xsa. Xosa. Grahamstown-Port Elisabeth. Girl with painted red cheeks. Dressed for knobkerry fight with another group. 2/9/1947. EE. neg.no. 24658, R-2, 9." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
South Africa
Topic
Portraits
Clothing and dress -- Africa
Beadwork
Jewelry
Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
Body arts
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Xhosa (African people)
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Extent
1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches.)
1 Lantern slide (b&w, 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches.)
1 Photographic print (b&w, 33 x 27 cm.)
Date
1947
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 01574
Type
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Lantern slides
Photographic prints
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
Lantern slides
Photographic prints
Negatives
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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EEPA
Record ID
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