Fortified Dogon settlement on the southwestern plateau, Niongono, Mali
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-VII-17, 32.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Mali
- Topic
- Vernacular architecture
- Cultural landscapes
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Dogon (African people)
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Mali
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1971
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 09673
- 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 village of Niongono, situated on the top of a horse-shoe shaped rock, is defended by a series of natural ramparts formed by the rocky terracing and the structural layout of the buildings. In contrast with the general kind of Dogon dwelling unit which is divided into family units, at Niongono a 15-foot wall completely surrounds each of the districts in the village. Only inside this protective wall do the houses and barns take on the dimensions of single-family habitations." [Spini T. and S., 1976: Togu Na. The African Dogon "House of Men, House of Words." Rizzoli New York]. 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.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015176-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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