Creator:

Photo Paul  Search this

Extent:

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

Container:

Volume 1

Culture:

Luo (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Kenya

Date:

c. 1910

Scope and Contents:

Text on verso reads: "KENYA COLONY, A Luo trumpeter. These trumpeters are from the Jaluo tribe, located south of our mission station. Their weird music is an accompaniment to the heathen dance -a great pastme in Africa. PHOTO PAUL - COPYRIGHT RESERVED. - V. NEUBERT, PRAGUE XVI."

Local Numbers:

EEPA KE-19-01

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Image indexed by catalogue number or subjects.

Provenance:

Howard Woody; purchase; FY 1994; EEPA 1994-006

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:

Music -- Africa  Search this

Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this

Musical instruments  Search this

Musicians  Search this

Animals in art -- Feathers, furs and skins  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 KE 1994-006-034

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bb8181ac-131b-47c2-97e9-8ff01bd4f106

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref5158