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
"When constructing a wall only two or three courses of mud bricks are laid in one day. The normal method of building is for the builder to sit astride the top of the unfinished wall; mud bricks and pats are thrown up to him. On finishing the day's courses within his reach, the builder moves backwards, away from this new work, and sits on that part of the new wall built the previous day. So scaffoldings and ladders are used in the construction of large buildings only, but ladders are sometimes used for repairs, maintenance and decoration." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Westinghouse Film and traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971.
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Local Numbers
EENG-VII-23, 4A.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Building granary using coils of mud and straw. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-23, 4A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
Niger
Topic
Vernacular architecture
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Hausa (African people)
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Extent
1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
Date
1971
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 05742
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-1536870822481-1536871015335-0