Object Details
Creator
Basel Mission Bookshop (Cameroon)
Painter
Vollbehr, Ernst, b. 1876
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: "Vollbehr=Künstlerpostkarten "Kamerun" / 11. Europäerzelt im Dorf Mburuku=Kentlu. Zwischen den kreisrunden, aus ameisensicheren Farnbaumstämmen / erbauten Bakosihütten steht das Zelt des Malers. Das Dorf / liegt ca. 1000 m hoch am Abhang des Mahengubagebirges."
Translated caption reads: "Vollbehr = Artist postcards "Cameroon" / 11. A European tent pitched in the village of Mburuku-Kentlu. The artist's tent stands among the round Bakossi huts built from termite-proof trunks of tree-ferns. The village lies about 1,000m high on the slopes of Manenguba."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Alleinvertrieb: Basler Missionshandlung, Duala (Kamerun)."
Manuscript on recto. Manuscript message and address on verso, date reads: "6.6.1913." Partial postmark on verso.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CM-07-01
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note
Verso labeled with former version of accesion number: A1996-7-2
See Also
Cameroon, Littoral, Mbouroukou (5.0572, 9.89242)
Place
Africa
Cameroon
Cameroon -- Littoral -- Mbouroukou
Topic
Cultural landscapes
Vernacular architecture -- Africa
Creator
Basel Mission Bookshop (Cameroon)
Painter
Vollbehr, Ernst, b. 1876
Culture
Kossi (African people)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)
Extent
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 8.8 x 13.8 cm.)
Condition
Verso soiled
Date
ca. 1913
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 1996-007-0002
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Paintings
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
Paintings -- Reproductions
Picture postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Record ID
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