Object Details
Creator
Sœurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Apotres (Vénissieux, France)
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 men and women seated in front of a coffin. Text on front bottom reads: "Moossou - " Additional text on front, top reads: "Soeurs Missionaires de Notre Dame des Apotres - Venisseux (Rhone)." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale."
Printed caption on recto reads: "Moossou - La veillée funèbre près du cercueil de 'l'Empereur'."
Translated caption reads: "Mossou - The Funeral watch near the coffin of the 'Emperor'."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Sœurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Apotres / Vénissieux (Rhône)."
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Local Numbers
EEPA IV-23-03
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
See Also
Cote D'Ivoire, Lagunes Region, Mossou (5.227307, -3.720216)
Interactive maps
Place
Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire -- Lagunes Region -- Mossou
Topic
Portrait photography -- Africa
Rites and ceremonies
Creator
Sœurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Apotres (Vénissieux, France)
See more items in
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 13: Cote d'Ivoire (IV)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
[ca. 1910]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA IV 1985-145066
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
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.
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EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087874-5