Object Details
- Local Numbers
- E 2 DAN 13 EE 71
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 44
- Frame value is 18.
- Slide No. E 2 DAN 13 EE 71
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Topic
- Masquerades
- Masks
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Cultural landscapes
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Dan (African people)
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Côte d'Ivoire
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1971
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 3740
- 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
- "Among the noncarved masks, it is important to mention the great enlivener of village celebrations who is much loved in the Dan lands: the stilt-dancer mask or long mask called Ge Gblin." [Verger-Fevre M.N., 1993: Art of Côte d'Ivoire, Barbier -Mueller Museum]. 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.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871013412-2
