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Algeria Solimann

African Art Museum

Algeria Solimann
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Object Details

Creator

Yad L.A. Meʼir, makhon le-omanut ha-Islam

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Text on recto reads: "Solimann ein verlchnidner űber dek kőnigs von Allgier 60 Weiber beltelt." Additional text on recto reads: "And Matth: Woffgnag del : in Allgeir ...."
Printed text on verso reads: "Suleiman, a eunich in charge of the sixty wives of the king of Algiers. Engraving after a drawing of A. M. Wolfgang (1660-1736), (executed while in captivity in Algiers)." Text also provided in Hebrew.
Additional printed text on verso reads: "[Arabic text] L. A. Mayer Memorial Institute for Islamic Art [Hebrew text] / Made in Israel / 34 / [Hebrew text] © L.A.M.M.A. Jerusalem [Hebrew text]."
Manuscript on verso reads: "30.12.82 / Dear Simon Ottenberg, I had written you some years back how much I enjoyed your book Masked Rituals of Afikpo. Can you now send me a reprint of "West African Masquerades" ETHOS v. 10 and anything else you might have written Yours Henry A." Addressed to: "Prof S Ottenberg / Anthropology / U of Washington / Seattle WA. 98187 / USA."
Stamped text on verso reads: "Dr. H. Abramovitch / 7 Halamed Hey St. / Jerusalem 93661 Israel."
Postmarked stamps on verso. Postmark reads: "[illegible] Jerusalem [illegible] 83."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref1231

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo781a995bf-557b-45a6-a3a1-e732e782e488

Local Numbers

EEPA AE-20-75

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa
Algeria
Israel

Topic

Portraits

Provenance

Simon Ottenberg; Donation; FY 2000; EEPA 2000-007.

Creator

Yad L.A. Meʼir, makhon le-omanut ha-Islam

See more items in

African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)

Extent

1 Postcard (halftone., b&w, 15 x 10.75 cm.)

Date

ca. 1982

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 2000-007-1078

Type

Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture 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

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref1231
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo781a995bf-557b-45a6-a3a1-e732e782e488
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087361-4

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