Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
A north side house, Yagala
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: "A north side house; notice the remains of the veranda; possibly a chief's house. A shrine was found in the area just to the left of this picture. First trips to the ruins at Yagala, Jan. 6, 1979. The date on the slide is MAR 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
- 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.1993-028-1454
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs