Picture on a house in Falaba which shows a hunter shooting at an elephant, note the carbide lamp on the hunter's head, the hunter's cap, and the traditional trousers

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: "Picture on a house in Falaba which shows a hunter shooting at an elephant; note the carbide lamp on the hunter's head, the hunter's cap, and the traditional trousers. April, 1980. This is one of the many fine pictures in Falaba that was painted by a Guinea artist; the people paid him a fee to paint decorations on their houses [see also SL-23-14,15,16 for same artist]. The date on the slide is MAY 80.".

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

Art in situ -- Photographs; Works of art in situ

Format and extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

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