Young Wodaabe men with facial and torso scarifications, Abouza, Zinder-Tanout region, Niger
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- D 1 BRR 9 EE 70
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Frame value is 3.
- Slide No. D 1 BRR 9 EE 70
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Niger
- Topic
- Portraits
- Body marking -- Africa
- Body arts
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Bororo (African people)
- Wodaabe (African people)
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- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Niger
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1970
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 2559
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- "In central Niger, between the great Sahara Desert and the Grasslands, lies an immense steppe in which the Wodaabe, commonly called Bororo, are virtually the only Fulbe group that has preserved the ancient nomadic tradition." [Beckwith/Van Offelen, 1983: Nomads of Niger, Harry N. Abrams Inc.]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015250-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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