Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Close-up of the balangi player in town after the circumcision
1979
Africa; Sierra Leone
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Donor notes read: "Musicians playing in town after the circumcision; close-up of the balangi player. Musaia circumcision ceremony, Jan. 7-9, 1980. The date on the slide is FEB 80.".
- Collection
- Christopher DeCorse photographs
- Archival grouping
- Christopher DeCorse photographs / Sierra Leone
- Catalog date
- 1979
- Recorded places
- Africa; Sierra Leone
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- DeCorse, Christopher R
- Recorded subjects
- Ritual and celebration -- Photographs; Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1713
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs