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."
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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)
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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.
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Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087514-0