Object Details
Creator
Calcocromia I.G.D.A. (Novara)
Consolata Missionaries
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 recto reads: "Serie XVIII. - Armi E GUerrieri - 176 / Nelle Missioni Della Consolata - Guerriero in parata - Il cimiero รจ di criniera di leone; lo scudo di pelle di giraffa; i gambali di colubus."
Translated caption reads: "Series XVIII. - Weapons and Warriors - 176 / Consolata Missions - Warrior in regalia - The crest is a lion's mane, the shield of giraffe skin, the leggings colubus."
Printed title on verso reads: "Missioni Della Consolata / 14, Corso Ferrucio - Torino (117)."
Additional printed message on verso.
Printed publication attribution on verso reads: "Calcocromia I.G.D.A. - Novara / Vendibili presso le Missioni della Consolata. - Riprod. vietata."
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Local Numbers
EEPA KE-20-121
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Place
Africa
Kenya
Topic
Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
warriors -- Africa
Provenance
Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000207633; 20100729 EEPA 2010-025.
Creator
Calcocromia I.G.D.A. (Novara)
Consolata Missionaries
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 13.5 x 8.5 cm.)
Date
circa 1920
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 2010-025-0037
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_ref5397
Large EAD
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EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871088128-6