Creator:

Braun & Compagnie (France)  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (collotype, b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Place:

Africa

Central African Republic

Central African Republic -- Ouham-Pendé -- Paoua

Date:

ca. 1905

Scope and Contents:

Printed text on recto reads: "10. Subdivision de Paoua - Un chef de village / (En guise d'ornement a serti dans son nez deux culots de cartoutes calibre 12)."

Translated caption reads: "10. Paoua Subdivision - A village chief (As an adornment has set the caps of two 12 gauge shotgun shells in his nose)."

Printed text on verso reads: "Braun & Cie, Imp., Editeurs-Concessionnaires / Paris - France."

Local Numbers:

EEPA CX-15-07

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:

Portrait photography  Search this

Leaders  Search this

Body arts  Search this

Costume -- Africa  Search this

Men  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 CX 1985-140201

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 9: Central African Republic (CX)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ebb4f2e0-96ed-4f4b-9b47-ea6b3b85847f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref3739