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 three-paneled door with a lock depicting the rudimentary form of a lizard often found in the late twentieth century in the eastern Bamana country. A modern padlock is also attached to the door. [Imperato P., 2001: Legends, Sorcerers, and Enchanted Lizards, Door Locks of the Bamana of Mali, Africana Publishing Company]. 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-III-5, 13.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Bmb. Bambara. Mali. Detail of house door lock. 7/1970. EE. neg.no. III-5, 13." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
Mali
Topic
Vernacular architecture
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Bamana (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 05678
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
ebl-1536870822481-1536871015056-3