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Tamatave - Femme Betsimisaraka tissant une Rabanne

African Art Museum

Tamatave - Femme Betsimisaraka tissant une Rabanne
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Object Details

Creator

Maison Pierre Ghigiasso (Tamatave)

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, "Tamatave - Betsimisaraka Woman Weaving a Rafea Fabric." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Tananarive, Madagascar."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edition de la Maison P. Ghigiasso, librairie, ameublement, - Tamatave."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Monsieur et Madame E. Bergeron, # Rue Audram 3 Paris, Seine."
Original hand-written text on verso, "Good Health."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref5608

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79f12c123-68b2-4878-b7a5-c9d11ecda1a3

Local Numbers

EEPA MG-04-02

Local Note

temp 129

See Also

Madagascar, Toamasina province, Toamasina, (Tamatave) (-18.16667, 49.38333)
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Place

Africa
Madagascar
Madagascar, -- Toamasina province, -- Toamasina -- (Tamatave)

Occupation

Artists

Topic

Women
Weaving

Creator

Maison Pierre Ghigiasso (Tamatave)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)

Extent

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

Date

ca. 1907

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0307

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_ref5608
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79f12c123-68b2-4878-b7a5-c9d11ecda1a3
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088162-0

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