Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Usman Kamara's son Mohamed and Sekou Mansaray slaughtering a sheep in Usman's backyard, Kalangba
1980
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: "Usman Kamara, Usman's son Mohamed, and Sekou Mansaray, my houseboy, slaughtering a sheep in Usman's backyard; this was one of the sheep I sold him. Sept.-Nov., 1980. Musaia area. The date on the slide is JAN 81.".
- Collection
- Christopher DeCorse photographs
- Archival grouping
- Christopher DeCorse photographs / Sierra Leone
- Catalog date
- 1980
- 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.1993-028-1936
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs
