"Other than cooking, the major servicing task of daily routine performed by women is the drawing and porterage of water. Both young and older women do this, and only menstruating women, or those too young or too weak to carry a full waterpot, do not." [Lane P., 1992: Settlement as History: A Study of Space and Time among the Dogon of Mali. University of Cambridge]. During his trip to Mali, Elisofon visited the Dogon people in Sanga (Sangha), a group of thirteen villages lying east of Bandiagara at the top of an escarpment. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17,1970.
Local Numbers:
J 1 DGN 2.2 EE 70
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Frame value is 26.
Slide No. J 1 DGN 2.2 EE 70
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