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Creator:
Rovictor Industrial Photos (Accra)  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Ghana
Date:
[ca. 1980]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of a chief dancing during the Mayemi Festival, "Krobo Odumase."
Printed caption on verso reads: "Szene: Ein Häuptling tanzt auf dem Mayemi Festival Krobo Odumase; Scène: Un chef de tribu dansant pendant le Festival Mayemi Krobo Odumase; Scene: A chief dancing during the Mayemi Festival Krobo Odumase.
Additional printed text on verso reads: "(21) Photo by Rovictor Industrial Photos P. O. Box 6004 Tel. 2 24 65 - Accra."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-15-02 EEPA GH 1992-018
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note:
Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1992-18. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140309.
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:
Leaders  Search this
Dance  Search this
Portrait photography -- Africa  Search this
Costume -- Africa  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 1985-140309
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/xo7f37f06b8-28fe-4d9a-8d08-34cf7569946c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4562