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 Nyim Mbopey Mabiintsh ma-Kyeen [Mbop Mabiinc makyen, (Bope Mabinshe)] wearing royal dress 'Bwaantshy'; royal headdress known as 'Ntshuum Aniym'; necklace 'Lashyaash' made of leopard teeth; sword 'Mbombaam' and lance 'Mbwoom Ambady'; as well as drums of reign 'Pelambish'. [Cornet J., 1982: Art Royal Kuba, Edizioni Sipiel Milano]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from January 8, 1947 to end of June 1947.
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Local Numbers
C 3 KBA
22923 R-4.12
EEPA EECL 2187
General
Citation source: Archives staff.
Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topic
Portraits
Leaders
Regalia
Beadwork
Clothing and dress -- Africa
Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Kuba (African people)
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Eliot Elisofon Field collection
Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Mushenge, Congo (Democratic Republic)
Extent
1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35 mm.)
Date
1947
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA b/w 22923 R-4.12
Type
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Black-and-white 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.
Bibliography
At First Sight: Photography and the Smithsonian (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2003).
Genre/Form
Black-and-white negatives
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Large EAD
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EEPA.1973-001
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1568430433501-1568430701263-1