Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Hand forged stirrup and bit used by the last Paramount Chief at 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: "Hand forged stirrup and bit used by the last Paramount Chief at Kamba; the bit is resting on a large chunk of iron ore; note the juju attached to the bit to protect the horse in battle. 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 reference: EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1504
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs