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Cameroun Chrétienne de Foumban

African Art Museum

Cameroun Chrétienne de Foumban
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

Object Details

Photographer

Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna, 1881-1971

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 / Chrétienne de Foumban."
Translated caption reads: "Cameroon / A Christian of Foumban."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edit. des Missions Évangéliques, 102 Bd Arago, Paris." Manuscript on verso reads: "163."
Duplicate recto image on items EEPA CM-05-01 and CM-05-07.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3609

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bf52798c-9dbd-43ae-8cb8-4f7a2b351ea0

Local Numbers

EEPA CM-05-07

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

See Also

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

Place

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

Topic

Body arts
Costume -- Africa
Scarification (Body marking)

Provenance

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000207633; 20100729 EEPA 2010-025.

Photographer

Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna, 1881-1971

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. 1920

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 2010-025-0012

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.

Bibliography

Recto image published in Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna. "Mein Bamumvolk im Grasland von Kamerun," Stuttgart: Evang. Missionsverlag, 1925. p. 146.

Genre/Form

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref3609
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bf52798c-9dbd-43ae-8cb8-4f7a2b351ea0
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087518-4

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