Fianarantsoa Famille Malgache

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Object Details

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Original caption reads, "Fianarantsoa. Malagache family."

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7dc203f1d-3387-4c9e-8834-7c79ec67c929

Local Numbers

EEPA MG-20-09

Local Note

temp 24

Place

Africa

Madagascar

Madagascar -- Fianarantsoa province -- Fianarantsoa

Topic

Portrait photography

Costume -- Africa

Households -- Africa

Family

Women

Men

Children

Culture

Malagasy people

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)

Extent

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

Date

ca. 1910

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 1985-149009

Type

Archival materials

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.

Bibliography

Kreamer, Christine Mullen and Sarah Fee, eds. Objects as Envoys: Cloth, Imagery, and Diplomacy in Madagascar. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. 2002. p. 59, figure 29.

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