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Kikuyu Woman

African Art Museum

Kikuyu Woman
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Object Details

Creator

Peter Hill Postcards (Kenya)

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Text on recto reads: "Kikuyu Woman."
Additional text on verso reads: "Copyright Peter Hill Postcards, Sotik, Kenya. E. A. Colour Series No.42. Printed in Scotland by Robert MacLehose & Co. Ltd, Glasgow."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref5264

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79236ed77-29e5-47fb-9778-ee4ff2c20900

Local Numbers

EEPA KE-20-63

General

Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by catalogue number or subjects.

Place

Africa
Kenya

Topic

Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Women
Body arts
Jewelry

Provenance

Freyer: Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 07/24/2006; EEPA 2006-009.

Creator

Peter Hill Postcards (Kenya)

Culture

Kikuyu (African people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)

Extent

1 Postcard (halftone., col., 14 x 9 cm.)

Date

c. 1950

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 2006-009-011

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.
EEPA.1985-014_ref5264
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79236ed77-29e5-47fb-9778-ee4ff2c20900
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088108-5

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