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Creator:
Mission d'Ouagadougou  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Mossi (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Burkina Faso
Date:
circa 1930
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "Mission d'Ouagadougou (Hte-Volta); 30. Groupe de filles Mossis."
Translated caption reads: "Ouagadougou Mission (Upper Volta); 30. Group of Mossi girls."
Printed text on verso reads: "Collection de la Mission d'Ouagadougou."
Local Numbers:
EEPA UV-20-21
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001
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
Children -- 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 UV 2013-001-0385
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7afadf1b7-e206-456a-be91-94b648f207c0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref8612