Object Details
- Local Numbers
- G 3 ZAI 180 EE 67
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Frame value is 19.
- Slide No. G 3 ZAI 180 EE 67
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Leaders
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1967
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 6704
- 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
- The photograph depicts men participants wearing cloth featuring former president of Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko. Surrounding Mobutu's picture are political slogans. The practice of using cloth to commemorate events and communicate messages is universal. In central Africa, message-laden cloth is often particularly arresting. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and traveled to Africa from early December 1966 to early February 1967.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536955032661-1536955038252-2
