1 Photographic print (color; matted, 12 x 18 in. (print); 18 x 24 in. (matted))
Container:
Box 3
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Date:
February 2011
Scope and Contents:
Description provided by Doggett: "Two Suri warriors engage in ritual combat. Stick fights, held during harvest time, are sport and spectacle for the Suri. This popular tradition allows men to show off their agility and brute strength; broken bones often follow, sometimes even death. The results help determine how men and women within the tribe will pair off. A Suri boy starts carrying a donga (or wooden staff) during adolescence when he becomes a warrior and will rarely go anywhere without it."
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Drew Doggett is the owner of copyright and other intellectual properties. Permission to reproduce requires written consent from Doggett. Any commercial exploitation of any of the works in the collection that include a person identifiable in the work is explicitly prohibited unless Doggett grants a publicity release. Contact the Archives staff for more information.
Collection Citation:
Drew Doggett Photographs, EEPA 2015-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
