The Great Mosque. Mopti, Mali
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-XIII-16, 5A.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Typed index card reads, "T 1 Mal. Mali. Mopti. Mosque, built 1935 by Djenne masons under French administrator. 3/1972. EE. neg.no. XIII-16, 5A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Mali
- Topic
- Vernacular architecture
- Cultural landscapes
- Religious buildings
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Mali
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1972
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 05824
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- 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
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- Scope and Contents
- "The Great Mosque of Mopti was built under French supervision on the island of Komoguel in 1935. The building was inspired by the style of the Djenne mosque, based on the indigenous Manding heritage. Together with the Great Mosque (1909) at Djenne, The Mopti Mosque represents a development of sub-Saharan building that has come to be regarded as the synthesis of local regional design." [Frishman M. and Khan H.-U., 1994: The Mosque. Thames and London Ltd.]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015228-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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