Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-XIII-3, 7.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Typed index card reads, "O 3 Kba. Kuba. Zaire, Mushenge. Art school, founded 1951; directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers, (trained at Academy of Beaux-Arts, Louvain, Belg.). School supported by sales. Mainly copy traditional arts. 2/1972. EE. neg.no. XIII-3, 7." 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)
- Occupation
- Artists
- Topic
- Education
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Kuba (African people)
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- 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 04607
- 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 class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic 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-1536870822481-1536871013389-4
