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Masques Africains Masque et costume Bamiléké

African Art Museum

Masques Africains Masque et costume Bamiléké
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Object Details

Photographer

Huet, Michel, 1917-

Creator

Hoa-Qui (Firm)
Mexichrome

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Printed text on verso reads: "Masques Africains / Masque et costume Bamiléké. / African Masks / Bamiléké and costume."
Items EEPA CM-17-06, CM-17-07, CM-17-08, and CM-17-09 are bear duplicate recto images.
Additional printed text on verso reads: "4377 / Mexichrome / Editions HOA-QUI."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3572

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7846cb4d7-47ad-4ae1-9077-d96fe4763999

Local Numbers

EEPA CM-17-06

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Numbering Peculiarities Note

Verso labeled with former accession number format: A1996-2-3.

Place

Africa
Cameroon

Topic

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
Masquerades
Masks
Costume -- Africa

Provenance

Simon Ottenberg; Donation; FY 1996; EEPA 1996-002.

Photographer

Huet, Michel, 1917-

Creator

Hoa-Qui (Firm)
Mexichrome

Culture

Bamileke (African people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)

Extent

1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15 x 10.5 cm.)

Date

ca. 1970

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 1996-002-0003

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_ref3572
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7846cb4d7-47ad-4ae1-9077-d96fe4763999
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087512-2

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