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Yoruba woman carrying wood

African Art Museum

Object Details

Creator

Raphael Tuck & Sons

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: "Yoruba Woman, Carrying Wood."
Printed text on verso reads: "Lagos; Raphael Tuck & Sons' 'Sepia' Postcard.; Art Publishers to Their Majesties The King & Queen.; Specially published for the Church Missionary Society, Lagos.; Copyright London.; Printed in England." Publisher's logo in stamp box.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref6900

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71535a3a4-d23c-494e-a166-04d16caa1a6c

Local Numbers

EEPA NR-01-04

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Numbering Peculiarities Note

Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1995-13-159.

Place

Africa
Nigeria

Topic

Agriculture -- Africa
Cultural landscapes
Portrait photography -- Africa
Women -- Africa
Domestic scenes

Provenance

Howard Woody; purchase; FY 1995; EEPA 1995-013

Creator

Raphael Tuck & Sons

Culture

Yoruba (African people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 34: Nigeria (NR)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., monochrome, 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 NR 1995-013-0159

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_ref6900
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71535a3a4-d23c-494e-a166-04d16caa1a6c
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088370-5

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