Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Pa Suliman at Kamba holding the battle axe
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: "Pa Suliman at Kamba holding the battle axe which I later bought from him. First trip to Kamba, March, 1979; second trip to see "belena". Notes: Yalunka battle axe = "bagatana" (trans. "bringer or spiller of blood). Yalunka for the type of axe used today = "bebena". 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.1993-028-1503
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs