Algeria Femme des Ouleds-Naïls

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Object Details

Creator

Neurdein frères

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Picture postcard printed by Neurdein Frères; series 166 A.

Printed text on recto reads: "166 A. Femme des Ouleds-Naïls. - ND Phot." Translated caption reads: [Ouleds-Naïls woman.] Young woman wearing a rich embroided dress, coin necklaces, thick braids, veil falling behind her back held by a crown, and feathers. A fan in her right hand and bracelets at her wrists.

Similar postcard, number 197 A, of same woman pictured and same publisher,reproduced in: Alloula, Malek. "The Colonial Harem," Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1986, chapter 6, p. 59.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73090eff7-4151-4d21-ab7a-8695b2c9752d

Local Numbers

EEPA AE-20-54

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa

Algeria

Topic

Portraits

Provenance

IU: Iowa University; Iowa City, Iowa; Donation; 1995.

Creator

Neurdein frères

Culture

Ouled Naïl

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)

Extent

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

Date

[ca. 1905]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0020-54

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

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.

Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73090eff7-4151-4d21-ab7a-8695b2c9752d

EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087355-0

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