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Women and girls of Kota Kota (Nyasaland Diocese)

African Art Museum

Object Details

Creator

Universities' Mission to Central Africa

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 verso reads: "Women and Girls of Kota Kota (Nyasaland Diocese), dressed in the Chilundu which so often puzzles English working parties."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 9. Dartmouth Street, Westminster."
Postmarked postage stamp, manuscript message, and address on verso.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref6421

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75c7b353d-286b-42e5-b605-0be924c53f8a

Local Numbers

EEPA MW-20-02

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

See Also

Malawi, Central Region, Nkhotakota (Kota Kota) (-12.92744, 34.29614)
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Place

Africa
Malawi
Malawi, -- Central Region, -- Nkhotakota (Kota Kota)

Topic

Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Textile fabrics

Creator

Universities' Mission to Central Africa

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 27: Malawi (MW)

Extent

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

Date

circa 1920

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MW 2012-001-1588

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_ref6421
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75c7b353d-286b-42e5-b605-0be924c53f8a
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088219-3

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