Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Probably the Southwest Complex viewed from the west, Bunce Island Fort
1978
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: "Probably the Southwest Complex viewed from the west; Ruins at Bunce Island Fort. Trip to Bunce Island with Joe Opala and Vera Viditz-Ward, Dec. 7-10, 1978. The names of different areas in the Fort are taken from "Archaeological Resources on Bunce Island: A Preliminary Report". By Joseph Opala, March 23, 1977. The date on the slide is FEB 79.".
- Collection
- Christopher DeCorse photographs
- Archival grouping
- Christopher DeCorse photographs / Sierra Leone
- Catalog date
- 1978
- Recorded places
- Africa; Sierra Leone
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- DeCorse, Christopher R
- Recorded subjects
- Traditional architecture -- Photographs; Vernacular architecture
- 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.1993-028-1410
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs