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Burkina Faso nord-ouest

African Art Museum

Burkina Faso nord-ouest
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Object Details

Creator

Photo Bwaso

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Printed text on recto reads: "Burkina Faso / nord-ouest."
Multiple images on recto, captions provided for individual images on verso. Printed text on verso reads: "Burkina Faso / En Pays Mossi / 1 - Preparation Collective du Repas / 2 - Tibou, Mouture Rituelle du Mil / 3 - Yako, La Mosqée / 4 - Thiou, Vers le Marché / 5 - Mouture du Sorgho / 6 - Greniers Mossi / 7 - Retour des Champs / 8 - Piege a Lion / 9 - Tibou, Village Foulsé / 10 - Pilage du Petit Mil."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Burkina Faso / In Mossi Country / 1 - Preparation of Collective Meals / 2 - Tibou, Ritual Milling of Millet / 3 - Yako, The Mosque / 4 - Thiou, Into the Market / 5 - Sorghum Milling / 6 - Mossi Granaries / 7 - Returning from the Fields / 8 - A Lion Trap / 9 - Tibou, Foulsé Village / 10 - Pounding Millet ."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "© Photo Editions BWASO - Ref. 93/613 / Collection "Dialogue de Civilisations" / Autorisation N⁰ 0246/MET/DTH/92." Stamp box logo reads: "PIERRON Imprimerie."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref8528

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78435b2b5-6669-4552-907e-e60cd92a296a

Local Numbers

EEPA UV-06-01

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa
Burkina Faso

Topic

Agriculture -- Africa
Vernacular architecture -- Africa
Cityscape photography
Cultural landscapes
Domestic scenes
Vernacular architecture -- Africa

Provenance

Roy and Brigitta Mitchell Collection; Donation; 2010; EEPA 2010-008.

Creator

Photo Bwaso

Culture

Mossi (African people)
Kurumba (African people)

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

Extent

1 Postcard (halftone., col., 10 x 14.5 cm.)

Date

ca. 1990

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UV 2010-008-3590

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_ref8528
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78435b2b5-6669-4552-907e-e60cd92a296a
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087488-3

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