Eliot Elisofon and cameraman George Bracher filming pot found at Igbo-Ukwu excavation site, Ibadan, Nigeria

Object Details

Local Numbers: EENG-IX-12, 32.
General: Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note: Typed index card reads, "Z 2 Yrb. Yoruba. Nigeria, Ibadan. Elisofon and Georges Bracher photographinging Igbo-Ukwu pot at the University. Westinghouse film. 1/1971. Maya Bracher. neg.no. IX-12, 32." 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 / Nigeria

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: "The publication in 1970 of Thurstan Shaw's Igbo-Ukwu excavations in central Igboland revealed a priestly center at about A.D. 800 with design elements similar to some uli and other Igbo art of this century." [Ottenberg S., 1997: New Traditions from Nigeria, Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group. Smithsonian Institution Press]. This photograph was taken by Maya Bracher when she traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971. She was on assignment for Eliot Elisofon when he wrote, produced, and directed a four-hour television series for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) titled Black African Heritage (1973). The series was divided into four segments, lasting 50 minutes each: The Congo, The Bend of the Niger, The Slave Coast, and Africa's Gift.

Collection Restrictions: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.