Object Details
Creator
Braun & Compagnie (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: "10. Subdivision de Paoua - Un chef de village / (En guise d'ornement a serti dans son nez deux culots de cartoutes calibre 12)."
Translated caption reads: "10. Paoua Subdivision - A village chief (As an adornment has set the caps of two 12 gauge shotgun shells in his nose)."
Printed text on verso reads: "Braun & Cie, Imp., Editeurs-Concessionnaires / Paris - France."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3739
Local Numbers
EEPA CX-15-07
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
See Also
Central African Republic, Ouham-Pendé, Paoua (7.243101, 16.43861)
Place
Africa
Central African Republic
Central African Republic -- Ouham-Pendé -- Paoua
Topic
Portrait photography
Leaders
Body arts
Costume -- Africa
Men
Creator
Braun & Compagnie (France)
See more items in
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 9: Central African Republic (CX)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype, b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Date
ca. 1905
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CX 1985-140201
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
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
Postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref3739
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ebb4f2e0-96ed-4f4b-9b47-ea6b3b85847f
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087540-1