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Missions des P. P. du Saint Esprit - Cameroun L'éboui, ornement féminin à moult usages

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Missions des P. P. du Saint Esprit - Cameroun L'éboui, ornement féminin à moult usages
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Object Details

Creator

Bienaimé, J.
Holy Ghost Fathers

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: "Missions des P. P. du Saint Esprit - Cameroun / L'eboui, ornement féminin à moult usages."
Translated caption reads: "The éboui, the feminine ornament in many forms."
Printed text on verso reads: "Phototypie J. Bienaimé, Reims." Manuscript message and address on verso, date reads: "4 Juillet 1927." Postmarks on verso. Additional manuscript on verso reads: "114."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3591

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo791c4e755-80b9-4677-a620-16fcad856a3d

Local Numbers

EEPA CM-05-06

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa
Cameroon

Topic

Body arts
Costume -- Africa

Provenance

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000178360; 20090630 EEPA 2009-010

Creator

Bienaimé, J.
Holy Ghost Fathers

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

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9.5 x 14 cm.)

Date

ca. 1927

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 2009-010-010

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_ref3591
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo791c4e755-80b9-4677-a620-16fcad856a3d
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087515-3

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