Cameroun Français - Mission des Prêtres de Sacré Cœur de Saint-Quentin 6. Un Chef un tenue de gala, avec son fou masqué

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Object Details

Creator

Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart

Brochard, M.

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 Français - Mission des Prêtres de Sacré Cœur de Saint-Quentin / 6. Un Chef un tenue de gala, avec son fou masqué."

Translated caption reads: "French Cameroon / Missions of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Saint Quentin / 6. A Chief in full eveing wear, with his masked 'madman'."

Printed text on verso reads: "Procure de la Mission du Cameroun: 214. Rue Lafayette Paris (Xe) / Edit. M. Brochard, 81, quai Fosse, Nantes." Manuscript on verso reads: "78/265."

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74417ea7b-bc66-4086-9038-3460f1066ad4

Local Numbers

EEPA CM-15-10

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa

Cameroon

Topic

Leaders

Portrait photography -- Africa

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

Masks

Costume -- Africa

Provenance

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001

Creator

Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart

Brochard, M.

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 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 2013-001-0090

Type

Archival materials

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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Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74417ea7b-bc66-4086-9038-3460f1066ad4

EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087526-0

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