Fulbe boy assisting in medical experiment at the West African Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, Kaduna, Nigeria

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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

The photograph depicts experiment conducted by Dr. W. McDonald, an American entomologist. The Fulbe boy is holding male goats' legs while tsetse flies are feeding on them for research on animal trypanosomiasis. The 20 female flies per boxes are a species of tsetse called Glossina palpalis. They are being bred to provide uninfected flies for disease transmission experiments. [Eliot Elisofon's personal field notes]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

sova.eepa.1973-001_ref3687

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e2303ee2-9319-40bc-b5d5-ead987ccdea6

Local Numbers

P 1 NIG 15 EE 59

General

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

58482 5

Frame value is 19.

Slide No. P 1 NIG 15 EE 59

Place

Africa

Nigeria

Topic

Medicine

Animals -- Africa

Insects

Mammals

Domestic animals

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Fulbe (African people)

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1959

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 12814

Type

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

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

Color slides

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

EEPA.1973-001_ref3687

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e2303ee2-9319-40bc-b5d5-ead987ccdea6

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871015772-3

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