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 girl with a long straw through her lower lip. Text on front reads: "No 92 - Bobo-Dioulasso; Les filletes bobos préparent l'emplacement de la pierre en plaçant une paille dans le trou." Tranlated caption reads: [Bobo girls prepare the location for the stone, or lip-plug, by placing a straw inside the hole.]
Publishers logo on recto and verso reads: "NELS." Printed text on verso reads: "'Edition Volta' - Reproduction Interdite."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref8501
Local Numbers
EEPA UV-20-12
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)
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 1985-146012
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_ref8501
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EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087483-5