Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-VIII-51, 22A.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Typed index card reads, "E 2 Dan. Dan. Ivory Coast, Man region. Stilt dancer. March 1971. EE. neg.no. VIII-51, 22A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
- 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 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1971
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 01753
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- 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
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- 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-1536870822481-1536871013452-3
