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Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Fang (West African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Cameroon
Date:
[ca. 1912]
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "Gruss aus Kamerun; Kopschmuck der Pangwe-Männer."
Translated caption reads: "Greetings from Cameroon, Head ornamentation of Pangwe Men."
Manuscript message on verso, date reads: "12/9/12."
Postcard image with four views of hairstyles on Pangwe Men, circa 1910.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CM-05-09
Provenance:
Freyer: Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 12/30/1999.
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:
Body arts  Search this
Hairstyles -- Africa  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 CM 2000-140003
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77c507a28-e71b-4386-9146-2154ef4253b0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref8641