Hausa granaries, Chadawanka village, Niger

Object Details

Local Numbers: EENG-VII-21, 33.
General: Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note: Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka village. Granaries. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-21, 33." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

See more items in: Eliot Elisofon Field collection; Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Niger

Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

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.

Scope and Contents: "In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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.