Object Details
- Local Numbers
- T 1 BMB 7 EE 59
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 57938 1 35
- Frame value is 7.
- Slide No. T 1 BMB 7 EE 59
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Mali
- Topic
- Vernacular architecture
- Agriculture
- Cultural landscapes
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Bamana (African people)
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Mali
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1959
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 16093
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- 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
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- "Bamana villages are called duguw. They are comprised of compounds, often set off in the eastern Bamana country by mud brick walls. In this region, houses are usually rectangular and constructed of mud brick with roofs of wooden poles overlaid with dried mud. In the western and southern Bamana country, houses are usually round with thatch roofs. However, in recent years, rectangular mud brick construction has been increasingly adopted in this area." [Imperato P., 2001: Legends, Sorcerers, and Enchanted Lizards, Door Locks of the Bamana of Mali, Africana Publishing Company]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17,1970.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871014828-2
