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Fetish Dancing Dahomey

African Art Museum

Fetish Dancing Dahomey
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Object Details

Creator

C.M.S. Bookshop, Lagos

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Postcard image of two women dancing with a young man, in costume, standing on their backs. Printe text on recto reads: "Fetish Dancing - Dahomey." Printed text on verso reads: "Post Card; Correspondence; Address only; Real Photo." Additional printed text on verso reads: "C.M.S. Bookshop, Lagos; 'Negraphes' Copyright Reserved. N 2."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3904

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo762d89837-6154-4a72-9ed4-a18f0f2f59d9

Local Numbers

EEPA DM-23-04

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa
Benin

Topic

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
Dance

Creator

C.M.S. Bookshop, Lagos

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)

Extent

1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 8.7 x 13.7 cm.)

Date

[ca. 1910]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144029

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_ref3904
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo762d89837-6154-4a72-9ed4-a18f0f2f59d9
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087468-3

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