The photograph depicts a young hairdresser sitting on a bench. During his trip to Dahomey (now Benin), Elisofon visited the town of Abomey, in the Fon people region. 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.
Local Numbers:
EENG-VIII-39, 28.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "A 2 Fon. Fon. Dahomey, Abomey. Hairdresser, in street by appliqued cloth makers. Feb.-Mar. 1971. EE. neg.no. VIII-39, 28." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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