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
"Other than cooking, the major servicing task of daily routine performed by women is the drawing and porterage of water. Both young and older women do this, and only menstruating women, or those too young or too weak to carry a full waterpot, do not." [Lane P., 1992: Settlement as History: A Study of Space and Time among the Dogon of Mali. University of Cambridge]. During his trip to Mali, Elisofon visited the Dogon people in Sanga (Sangha), a group of thirteen villages lying east of Bandiagara at the top of an escarpment. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17,1970.
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Local Numbers
EENG-IV-23, 26.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "J 1 Dgn. Dogon. Mali, Sanga. Women at a well. 6/1970. EE. neg.no. IV-23, 26." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
Mali
Topic
Domestic scenes
Households
Pottery
Religious buildings
Cultural landscapes
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Dogon (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 03509
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
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