Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Shrine in front of the town chief's house in Kamba
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: "Shrine in front of the town chief's house in Kamba; sara post, sword blade, sara gun, stone with life, prayer area is in the background. First trip to Kamba, March, 1979; second trip to see "belena". The date on the slide is JUN 79.".
- 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
- Art in situ -- Photographs; Works of art in situ
- 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.1993-028-1505
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs