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Mombasa Giriama Girl

African Art Museum

Object Details

Creator

S. Skulina, Pegas Studio (Nairobi)

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: "Mombasa. Giriama Girl."
Text on verso reads: "Edition "Africa in Pictures." Copyright by S. Skulina PEGAS STUDIO - Nairobi."
Ms. on verso.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref5310

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7cfffe242-6812-494d-9a75-3fc418ecc67a

Local Numbers

EEPA KE-20-73

General

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

See Also

Kenya, Coast province, Mombasa (-4.05466, 39.66359)
Interactive maps

Place

Africa
Kenya
Kenya -- Coast province -- Mombasa

Topic

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

Creator

S. Skulina, Pegas Studio (Nairobi)

Culture

Giryama (African people)

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

Extent

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

Date

c. 1954

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 2010-001-053

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_ref5310
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7cfffe242-6812-494d-9a75-3fc418ecc67a
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088115-5

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