Warrior on horseback, a sculptor work in progress, Ibadan, 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 Lamidi O. Fakeye's unfinished sculpture which refers to Yoruba warfare in West Africa prior to the arrival of Europeans. Yoruba artists deliberately alter size and other characteristics of their figures for aesthetic and symbolic purposes. These figures are not portrayed naturalistically. For example, the head is larger in proportion to the body than in the human figure. The head is always enlarged in Yoruba sculpture because the Yoruba recognize and honor the head as the most important part of a person's body. 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/xo70bff9742-66bb-4944-a2a9-4eab3037a74b

Local Numbers

EENG-II-12, 17A.

General

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

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "H 2 Yrb. Yoruba. Nigeria, Ibadan. Unfinished equestrian sculpture by Lamidi Fakeye. 5/1970. EE. neg.no. II-12, 17A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa

Nigeria

Occupation

Artists

Topic

Wood-carving

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 03080

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

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EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871016034-5

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