Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-IV-15, 6.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Typed index card reads, "F 1 Trg. Tuareg. Mali, Timbuctu. Sword fight "dance". 6/1970. EE. neg.no. IV-15, 6." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Mali
- Topic
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Weapons
- Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
- Dance
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Tuaregs
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Mali
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1970
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 02077
- 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
- The photograph depicts men's audience watching two tuareg men performing with their traditional straight doubled-edged blade sword (takouba) and iron spears (allarh). During his trip to Mali, Elisofon visited the Tuareg people located in the Tombouctou region. 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-1536870822481-1536871015007-2
