Fetisj naast verbrande boom voor de god van het hemelvuur genaamd 'Yavorou', Ed van der Elsken, 1956 - 1957

Title(s)

Fetisj naast verbrande boom voor de god van het hemelvuur genaamd 'Yavorou'
Oubangui-Chari Central Africa (original title on object)

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2019-242-24-5

Inscriptions / marks

• factory mark: ‘Agfa-Brovira’
• inscription: ‘vintage print/ 1957 or 1958/ Ed/ van/ der Elsken/ Picture for "BAGARA"-book’
• address: ‘PHOTO AND COPYRIGHT/ ED VAN DER ELSKEN/ KONINGSSTR. 5 AMSTERDAM/ TELEPHONE 37209 (020)’
• copyright notice: ‘Copyright/ abc/ press/ amsterdam/ N.Z. Voorburgwal 206/ Postbox 691/ Telef. 35798/ Telegr. Abcpress’

Artist

• Ed van der Elsken (mentioned on object)
• printer: Ed van der Elsken (signed by artist)

Place

Oubangui-Chari

Dating

c. 1957 - c. 1970 and/or Dec-1956 - Feb-1957

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 239 mm × width 154 mm

What

• ritual objects and ritual means ~ non-Christian religions

Where

• Oubangui-Chari

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association (thanks in part to its dedicated Photography and Video Fund and Dura Kunstfonds), BankGiro Lottery players, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Marque Joosten & Eduard Planting Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 18-Dec-2019

Copyright

@Ed van der Elsken

• Bagara : foto's uit Equatoriaal Afrika, Ed van der Elsken, Jan Vrijman, p. 59