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Young Arab women from TImbuctu

African Art Museum

Object Details

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Young Arab women from TImbuctu, Mali.
Postcard image of Bamana Chiwara masquerade, Mali. Photograph by Edmond Fortier, ca. 1906. Fortier Postcard collection. Original caption reads, "1058. Afrique Occidentale - SOUDAN - Danseurs "Miniankas". Fetiches des Cultures."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref4433

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75fe06d2b-6318-4a0e-923c-18248e3da0fe

Local Numbers

Fortier 1014

General

Citation source: Postcard caption.
Title source: Archives staff; not provided by photographer.
Image indexed by negative number.

Exhibitions Note

You Look Beautiful Like That: The Portrait Photographs fo Seydou Keita and Malik Sidibe (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

Place

Africa
Mali

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 49: Fortier postcard collection

Extent

1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Date

[ca. 1905]

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA F1014

Type

Archival materials
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_ref4433
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75fe06d2b-6318-4a0e-923c-18248e3da0fe
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088532-1

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