The making of mud bricks. Mellaui, Egypt

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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

"Soil was used for building in Egypt before the man-made mud bricks was developped. The very limited documentation on brick-making shows a way of working that seems to be identical to that of traditional brick-making of Ancient Egypt." [Vogel J., 1997: Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa, Altamira Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Institute of Architects, directing the Egyptian portion of the documentary on Ancient Egypt, March 1965 and September 1965.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a14f0d6a-0c25-4d37-89fc-753e728ebd13

Local Numbers

Negative number 72658 AC-14, 7A.

General

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

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "Q 6 Egy. Egypt. Mellaui. Men making mud bricks. 3/1965. EE. neg.no. 72658 AC-14, 7A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa

Egypt

Topic

Industries

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Extent

1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)

Date

1965

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 04897

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.

EEPA.1973-001_ref31977

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a14f0d6a-0c25-4d37-89fc-753e728ebd13

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871014181-1

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