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DAKAR Fils d'un Chef

African Art Museum

DAKAR Fils d'un Chef
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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

A Wolof man in Dakar, Senegal. Unidentified photographer, ca. 1912. Collection J. Benyoumoff
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref7900

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7fc18f90b-eb6c-40b7-a948-4e4c7b0b28f2

General

Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
Caption source: Archives staff.

Exhibitions Note

"The Field's Edge: Agency, Body and African Lens," held by the Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida, 2002-2003.

Place

Africa
Senegal

Topic

Portraits
Clothing and dress -- Africa

Culture

Wolof (African people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

Extent

1 Postcard (col., 13.5 x 9 cm.)

Date

ca. 1912

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-20-12

Type

Archival materials
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

At First Sight: Photography and the Smithsonian (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2003).

Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref7900
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7fc18f90b-eb6c-40b7-a948-4e4c7b0b28f2
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088406-1

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