Ejagham girls of the Qua clan doing the Ekombi dance, Big Qua Town, Nigeria
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Object Details
- Local Numbers
- F 2 EJG 13.2 EE 59
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 58482 1 12
- Frame value is 23.
- Slide No. F 2 EJG 13.2 EE 59
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Topic
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Portraits
- Body arts
- Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Ejagham (African people)
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria
- Extent
- 1 Slide (col.)
- Date
- 1959
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 4816
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides
- 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
- This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015561-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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