Christopher DeCorse photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: DeCorse, Christopher R.
place: label: Place
content: Mali
label: Place
content: Senegal
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Gambia
label: Place
content: Ghana
label: Place
content: Côte d'Ivoire
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: DeCorse: Christopher DeCorse, 513 Scott Ave., Syracuse, NY 13224-2160;, Donation;, 1993 (unsigned);, 1993-0028

DeCorse: Christopher DeCorse, Department of Anthropology, 209 Maxwell Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
creator: label: Photographer
content: DeCorse, Christopher R.
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content: Christopher DeCorse photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken by Christopher DeCorse during his field research in Ghana, Gambia, Senegal, Mali and Cote d'Ivoire.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Christopher Decorse is an archaeologist and anthropologist specializing in the archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnography of Sub-Saharan Africa. In the 1970s and 1980s, Decorse traveled in several African countries to study archaeological sites, museums, and villages. As of 2023, Decorse is a professor and Chair of the Anthropology Department at Syracuse University.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2363 Slides (photographs) ((6 v.), color)
label: Extent
content: 2,363 Copy color slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978-1987
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Christopher DeCorse, 1993.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1993-028
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Copy color slides
label: Type
content: Color slides
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of slides taken by Christopher Decorse during his field research in Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Ghana in the 1980s. 

The Ghanian images include scenes of Akwasidae  festival celebrations, archaeological sites in Daccubie and Frederiksgave, Elmina's Bakatue festival, Fort Amsterdam in Abanzi, the Black Volta river, and various museums. Images of Sierra Leone include views of Freetown, Fourah Bay College, markets, a national dance troupe performance, and farms. Also includes images from Goree island in Senegal, Mopti and Dogon villages in Mali, harbor scenes in Banjul Gambia, and the stone circles in Wasu.