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 a baby being washed, and also wearing sacrificial belt to protect her from evil spirits. 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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Local Numbers
EENG-XIII-16b, 27.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "J 2 Ble. Baule. Ivory Coast, Tano Sakassou village. (Faafoues canton). Baby being washed, wears sacrificial belt to protect her from evil spirits. 3/30/1972. EE. neg.no. XIII-16b, 27." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Topic
Domestic scenes
Households
Children
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Baule (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 03550
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-1536870822481-1536871013558-2