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 verso reads: "burkina faso / Près de Banfora, province de la Komoé. / Crinum Ornatum / Au tout début de la saison des pluies quelques ondées suffisent pour faire éclore ces merveilleuses fleurs étoilées."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Burkina Faso / Near Banfora, Komoé province / Crinum Ornatum / At the very beginning of the rainy season a few showers are enough to open such wonderful star-shaped flowers."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "© Photo BWASO - Collections Dialogue de Civilisations / Autorisation N⁰ 007/MET/DTH/84 - Réf. 79/549." Stamp box reads: "Pierron Imprimerie."
Items EEPA UV-11-01 and EEPA UV-11-02 bear duplicate recto images.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref8532
Local Numbers
EEPA UV-11-01
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Place
Africa
Burkina Faso
Topic
Flora
Provenance
Roy and Brigitta Mitchell Collection; Donation; 2010; EEPA 2010-008.
Creator
Photo Bwaso
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
Extent
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15 x 10.5 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 2010-008-3595
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_ref8532
Large EAD
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EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087489-2