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Cameroun Le Sultan de Foumban

African Art Museum

Cameroun Le Sultan de Foumban
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Object Details

Creator

Société des Missions Évangéliques (Paris, France)

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 recto reads: "Cameroun - Le Sultan de Foumban / Devant son trone en perles de verre de différentes couleurs."
Translated caption reads: "Cameroon - The Sultan of Foumban / Before his throne made of glass beads of different colors."
Printed text on verso reads: "Société des Missions Évangéliques, 102 Boulev. Arago, Paris." Manuscript on verso, date reads: "1929."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3582

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a7405930-eda7-48b9-8102-be8f109e764a

Local Numbers

EEPA CM-15-05

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

See Also

Cameroon, West, Noun, Foumban (5.728629, 10.90184)

Place

Africa
Cameroon
Cameroon -- West -- Noun -- Foumban

Topic

Leaders
Vernacular architecture -- Africa
Works of art in situ

Provenance

Freyer: Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 07/24/2006; EEPA 2006-009.

Creator

Société des Missions Évangéliques (Paris, France)

See more items in

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

Extent

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

Date

ca. 1929

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 2006-009-0001

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_ref3582
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a7405930-eda7-48b9-8102-be8f109e764a
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087514-0

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