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Ashantee Village The Natives Playing Games

African Art Museum

Ashantee Village The Natives Playing Games
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Object Details

Creator

Coltman, Pierre ((Paris))

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

An artist's depiction of people engaged in playing a game and other activities. Caption on recto reads: "Ashantee Village - The Natives Playing Games." Additional text on recto reads: "Phototypie Pierre Coltman, Paris."
Stamp and postmark on verso. Handwritten address on verso. Handwritten message on frontside.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref4575

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76ddfcb38-5321-4ea9-a889-24a8ef5a9089

Local Numbers

EEPA GH-21-01

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Numbering Peculiarities Note

Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1995-13-111. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140323.

Place

Africa
Ghana

Topic

Recreation -- Africa
Households -- Africa
Domestic scenes

Creator

Coltman, Pierre ((Paris))

Culture

Ashanti (African people)

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

Extent

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

Date

[ca. 1920]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 1995-013-0111

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_ref4575
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76ddfcb38-5321-4ea9-a889-24a8ef5a9089
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088038-0

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