Scene A chief dancing during the Mayemi Festival Krobo Odumase

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Object Details

Creator

Rovictor Industrial Photos (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 chief dancing during the Mayemi Festival, "Krobo Odumase."

Printed caption on verso reads: "Szene: Ein Häuptling tanzt auf dem Mayemi Festival Krobo Odumase; Scène: Un chef de tribu dansant pendant le Festival Mayemi Krobo Odumase; Scene: A chief dancing during the Mayemi Festival Krobo Odumase.

Additional printed text on verso reads: "(21) Photo by Rovictor Industrial Photos P. O. Box 6004 Tel. 2 24 65 - Accra."

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f37f06b8-28fe-4d9a-8d08-34cf7569946c

Local Numbers

EEPA GH-15-02 EEPA GH 1992-018

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Numbering Peculiarities Note

Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1992-18. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140309.

Place

Africa

Ghana

Topic

Leaders

Dance

Portrait photography -- Africa

Costume -- Africa

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

Rovictor Industrial Photos (Accra)

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)

Extent

1 Postcard (halftone., col., 9 x 14 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 1985-140309

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

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EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088036-2

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