Object Details
Creator
Elisofon, Eliot
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: "In Kenya's Rift Valley, an attentive audience watches two Maasai elders playing mbao. Mbao, the swahili word for 'board,' is the East African version of a game played throughout Africa. Two opposing players or teams move their counters around a twelve to thirty-two hole board, trying to capture their opponent's 'men.' It is a fast moving game in which skill and strategy, not luck, determine the winner. / Rift Valley, Kenya, 1966."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "National Museum of African Art / © Smithsonian Institution, 1983 / Photograph by Eliot Elisofon / 578823 / Printed by Baum Printing Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A."
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Local Numbers
EEPA KE-21-01
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note
Verso labeled with former accession number format: 1995-26-24.
See Also
Kenya, Rift Valley Province (0.5, 36)
Interactive maps
Place
Africa
Kenya
Kenya, -- Rift Valley Province
Topic
Recreation -- Africa
Games -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Provenance
Tina Loughran; Donation; FY 1995; EEPA 1995-026
Creator
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Maasai (African people)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)
Extent
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15.3 x 10 cm.)
Date
circa 1983
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 1995-026-0024
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.
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Record ID
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