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Coiffure de Guerre d'un Chef Kavirondo

African Art Museum

Coiffure de Guerre d'un Chef Kavirondo
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Object Details

Creator

Messageries Maritimes
Lévis, Maurice

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: "214. Coiffure de Guerre d'un Chef Kavirondo. "Cliché pris par Mr. Maurice Lévis" "Propriété des Messageries Maritimes."
Translated postcard caption reads, "215. War Headdress of a Kavirondo Chief."
Additional text on verso reads: "Messageries Maritimes."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref5346

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ec96e730-958c-4033-8efb-2fec6d8c05e9

Local Numbers

EEPA KE-15-03

General

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

Local Note

Handwritten text on verso reads, "I.U" [Indiana University?]

Place

Africa
Kenya

Topic

Leaders
Costume -- Africa
Portrait photography -- Africa
Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
Clothing and dress -- Africa
Jewelry

Provenance

I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.

Creator

Messageries Maritimes
Lévis, Maurice

Culture

Kavirondo (African people)

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

Extent

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

Date

c. 1910

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 2010-001-096

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_ref5346
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ec96e730-958c-4033-8efb-2fec6d8c05e9
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088121-3

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