Smoke-cooking of an antelope among the Mbuti people. Epulu, Ituri Forest, Congo (Democratic Republic)
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-XIII-10, 20.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Typed index card reads, "J 3 Mbt. Mbuti. Zaire, Ituri Forest, Epulu. People by small fire, in front of huts. Under leaves on low platform, antelope carcasses are slowly smoke-cooked. 3/1972. EE. neg.no. XIII-10, 20." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Domestic scenes
- Households
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Mbuti (African people)
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EENG / 1972
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1972
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 03628
- 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
- "Mbuti society is made up of small groups, formed of about twenty to forty adults and as many children. Such modest units suit the exploitation of resources in a forest where there is relatively little game and vegetable material." [Meurant G., Farris thompson R., 1995: Mbuti Design, Thames and Hudson Inc.]. During his trip to Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited the Mbuti people at Epulu, South East Ituri Forest region. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic Film and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871013384-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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