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Photographer:
DeCorse, Christopher R.  Search this
Collection Photographer:
DeCorse, Christopher R.  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Sierra Leone
Date:
1980
Scope and Contents:
A picture of a Limba girl at Bafodia that has [been] circumcised but not yet "washed". Notice her dress and body scarification. Taken on a trip to visit Simon Ottenberg in Bafodia, April 26-27, 1980. The date on the slide is JUL 80.
Local Numbers:
SL-25-16 D 2 SIL 25.16 CDC 80
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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.
Topic:
Body marking -- Africa  Search this
Body arts  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
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Christopher DeCorse photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo782c10425-0b9e-4618-a980-8e1bd65873ed
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1993-028-ref2532