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Creator:
Collection Régence  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Algeria
Date:
[ca. 1905]
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on recto reads: "251. - Bassour d'une Mariée indigène dans l'extrême-sud." Translated caption reads: [Bassour of a native bride in the farthest South.] In the foreground a woman stands wearing an embroided dress and a shawl around her head. Camels behind her bear a heavily loaded palanquin decorated with embroided material.
Local Numbers:
EEPA AE-23-07
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Animals -- Africa  Search this
Domestic animals  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0023-07
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ae4fbc65-bf1a-4556-87f5-1e885393319c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref1219