Mbuti woman with facial paint, near Beni, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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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

"According to Patrick and Anne Putman, Mbuti art, both on the body and on bark cloth, is of purely aesthetic nature, without magical significance. Certain facial scarifications may indicate the membership of a clan. Elsewhere the design owes more to the artist's imagination than to any agreed subject." [Meurant G., Farris thompson R., 1995: Mbuti Design, Thames and Hudson Inc.]. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited the Mbuti people near Beni, South East Ituri Forest region. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a2c0cf45-e54a-4b8f-8935-59b6e73a8d72

Local Numbers

EENG-I-13, 21A.

General

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

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Body arts

Portraits

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Mbuti (African people)

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EENG / 1970

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 10287

Type

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

Collection Rights

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Genre/Form

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

Collection Restrictions

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EEPA.1973-001_ref37364

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a2c0cf45-e54a-4b8f-8935-59b6e73a8d72

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871013338-3

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