Zul women at the market, Zaranda village, east of Jos, Nigeria
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- K 1 FLN 4 EE 59
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 58482 18
- Frame value is 20.
- Slide No. K 1 FLN 4 EE 59
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Topic
- Body arts
- Women
- Marketplaces
- Vernacular architecture
- Baskets
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Zul
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1959
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 8308
- 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 Zul (Zulawa, Gezawa) women with disk inserted into their upper lip. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015643-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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