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Guinée Village Bassari

African Art Museum

Guinée Village Bassari
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Object Details

Creator

GIL (Dakar)

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Printed caption on verso reads: "40 - Guinée; Village Bassari."
Translated caption reads: "40 - Guinea; Bassari village."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Éditions GIL, Dakar BP, 633; Marque Déposée - Reproduction Interdite." Stamp box reads: "Photographie Véritable."
Publisher's logo on recto: "Gil."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref4913

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo731066d63-027b-4e1b-893c-d8cadd5abf8a

Local Numbers

EEPA GV-12-05

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa
Guinea

Topic

Households -- Africa
Domestic scenes
Vernacular architecture -- Africa
Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Women -- Africa

Provenance

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001

Creator

GIL (Dakar)

Culture

Bassari (Senegalese and Guinean people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 21: Guinea (GV)

Extent

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

Date

circa 1950

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GV 2013-001-0372

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_ref4913
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo731066d63-027b-4e1b-893c-d8cadd5abf8a
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088070-4

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