"Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy. From early childhood girls anticipate a productive domestic role. Women contribute significantly to labor-intensive food preparation as mothers of numerous children and also as farmers on their husbands' or their own personal plots." [Stephens Connie, 1991: Marriage in the Hausa Tatsuniya Tradition: A Cultural and Cosmic Balance; Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century. the University of Wisconsin Press]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 5A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "J 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka village. Woman pounding millet. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 5A. (negative scratched)." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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Collection Rights:
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"Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy. From early childhood girls anticipate a productive domestic role. Women contribute significantly to labor-intensive food preparation as mothers of numerous children and also as farmers on their husbands' or their own personal plots." [Stephens Connie, 1991: Marriage in the Hausa Tatsuniya Tradition: A Cultural and Cosmic Balance; Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century. the University of Wisconsin Press]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 6A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "J 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Woman pounding millet. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 6A. (negative scratched)." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy. From early childhood girls anticipate a productive domestic role. Women contribute significantly to labor-intensive food preparation as mothers of numerous children and also as farmers on their husbands' or their own personal plots." [Stephens Connie, 1991: Marriage in the Hausa Tatsuniya Tradition: A Cultural and Cosmic Balance; Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century. the University of Wisconsin Press]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 15A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "J 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Woman stirring a cooking pot. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 15A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy. From early childhood girls anticipate a productive domestic role. Women contribute significantly to labor-intensive food preparation as mothers of numerous children and also as farmers on their husbands' or their own personal plots." [Stephens Connie, 1991: Marriage in the Hausa Tatsuniya Tradition: A Cultural and Cosmic Balance; Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century. the University of Wisconsin Press]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 16A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "J 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Woman stirring a cooking pot. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 16A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-21, 32.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka village. Granaries. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-21, 32." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-21, 33.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka village. Granaries. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-21, 33." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-21, 34.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka village. Granaries. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-21, 34." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-22, 20A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka village. House compound with woman sewing. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-22, 20A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-24, 20A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Man placing stalks of millet into a granary. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-24, 20A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-24, 21A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Man placing stalks of millet into a granary. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-24, 21A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-25, 35.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Granaries for storing stalks of millet. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-25, 35." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy. From early childhood girls anticipate a productive domestic role. Women contribute significantly to labor-intensive food preparation as mothers of numerous children and also as farmers on their husbands' or their own personal plots." [Stephens Connie, 1991: Marriage in the Hausa Tatsuniya Tradition: A Cultural and Cosmic Balance; Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century. the University of Wisconsin Press]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 1A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. House. Woman pounding millet, man studying the Koran. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 1A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy. From early childhood girls anticipate a productive domestic role. Women contribute significantly to labor-intensive food preparation as mothers of numerous children and also as farmers on their husbands' or their own personal plots." [Stephens Connie, 1991: Marriage in the Hausa Tatsuniya Tradition: A Cultural and Cosmic Balance; Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century. the University of Wisconsin Press]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 2A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. House. Woman pounding millet, man studying the Koran. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 2A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy. From early childhood girls anticipate a productive domestic role. Women contribute significantly to labor-intensive food preparation as mothers of numerous children and also as farmers on their husbands' or their own personal plots." [Stephens Connie, 1991: Marriage in the Hausa Tatsuniya Tradition: A Cultural and Cosmic Balance; Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century. the University of Wisconsin Press]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 3A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. House. Woman pounding millet, man studying the Koran. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 3A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 21A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Camels in front of granaries. Used to store stalks of millet. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 21A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 22A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Camels in front of granaries. Used to store stalks of millet. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 22A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 23A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Camels in front of granaries. Used to store stalks of millet. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 23A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 24A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Camels in front of granaries. Used to store stalks of millet. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 24A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"In traditional Hausa society the layouts of fields, houses, granaries and towns are governed by an ancient cosmology which regulates numerous facets of daily life. This ritual for structuring space exists side by side with later symbolism inherited from the Arabs and Islam. Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy." [Moughtin J.c., 1985: Hausa Architecture. Ethnographica Limited]. During his trip to Niger, Elisofon visited the Hausa people in the Chadawanka village. 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-VII-26, 25A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "T 1 Hsa. Hausa. Niger, Chadawanka. Camels in front of granaries. Used to store stalks of millet. 1/1971. EE. neg.no. VII-26, 25A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
"Both Hausa men and women are profoundly shaped by their agricultural subsistence economy. From early childhood girls anticipate a productive domestic role. Women contribute significantly to labor-intensive food preparation as mothers of numerous children and also as farmers on their husbands' or their own personal plots." [Stephens Connie, 1991: Marriage in the Hausa Tatsuniya Tradition: A Cultural and Cosmic Balance; Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century. the University of Wisconsin Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-IV-7, 35A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
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.