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Traditional "Kente" Attire

African Art Museum

Traditional "Kente" Attire
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Object Details

Creator

C. B. C. (Accra)

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 a young woman dressed in Kente cloth, Accra, Ghana, circa 1980.
Caption on verso reads: "Traditional 'Kente' Attire."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "C.B.C. Box 3285, Accra - Ghana."
Stamp box reads: "A. C. P. 008."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref4553

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7be8d69d5-7df3-4bd1-9398-e4d38a3ff1b2

Local Numbers

EEPA GH-20-07 EEPA GH 1985-140304

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Numbering Peculiarities Note

Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1992-18. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140304.

Place

Africa
Ghana

Topic

Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Textile fabrics

Provenance

Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 2007/04/24 EEPA 1992-018

Creator

C. B. C. (Accra)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)

Extent

1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15.5 x 11 cm.)

Date

[ca. 1980]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 1992-018

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.

Genre/Form

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref4553
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7be8d69d5-7df3-4bd1-9398-e4d38a3ff1b2
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088035-0

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