Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-VII-26, 34A.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Niger
- Topic
- Marketplaces
- Cultural landscapes
- Animals -- Africa
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Tuaregs
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- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Niger
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1971
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 09936
- 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 nomadic Tuareg used to live primarily in tents made out of either woven fiber mats or leather. The tent (ehen) was held up with wooden poles; wealthier Tuareg, especially those from eastern Mali, ornamented their tents with highly decorated poles that could also be used to secure a wall mat (esaber) placed around the bed, or from which to hang leather bags. The intricate carved designs indicate that these are prestige pieces intended to embellish the tent. 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015370-0
