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No 95 - Bobo-Dioulasso Femme bobo fing

African Art Museum

No 95 - Bobo-Dioulasso Femme bobo fing
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Object Details

Creator

Nells (Brussels)

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Postcard image of a young woman. Printed text on recto reads: "No 95 - Bobo-Dioulasso; Femme bobo fing." Translated caption reads: "Bobo-Dioulasso; Bobo-Fing Woman." Publishers logo on recto and verso reads: "NELS." Printed text on verso reads: "'Edition Volta' - Reproduction Interdite."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref8493

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f1a859be-ec95-47d9-a318-0c7c5afbbe3e

Local Numbers

EEPA UV-20-03

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

See Also

Burkina Faso, Hauts-Bassins, Houet, Bobo-Dioulasso (11.17715, -4.2979)

Place

Africa
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso -- Hauts-Bassins -- Houet -- Bobo-Dioulasso

Topic

Portrait photography -- Africa
Body arts
Scarification (Process)
Hairstyles -- Africa

Provenance

I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.

Creator

Nells (Brussels)

Culture

Bobo (African people)

See more items in

African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 8.8 cm.)

Date

[ca. 1920]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UV 1985-146003

Type

Archival materials
Postcards
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

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref8493
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f1a859be-ec95-47d9-a318-0c7c5afbbe3e
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087482-3

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