Creator:

C. B. C. (Accra)  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15.5 x 11 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Ghana

Date:

[ca. 1980]

Scope and Contents:

Postcard image of a young woman dressed in Kente cloth, Accra, Ghana, circa 1980.

Caption on verso reads: "Traditional 'Kente' Attire."

Additional printed text on verso reads: "C.B.C. Box 3285, Accra - Ghana."

Stamp box reads: "A. C. P. 008."

Local Numbers:

EEPA GH-20-07 EEPA GH 1985-140304

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Numbering Peculiarities Note:

Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1992-18. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140304.

Provenance:

Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 2007/04/24 EEPA 1992-018

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 -- Africa  Search this

Costume -- Africa  Search this

Textile fabrics  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture 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 GH 1992-018

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7be8d69d5-7df3-4bd1-9398-e4d38a3ff1b2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4553