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.
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