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Burkina Faso Boromo, Mil chandelle

African Art Museum

Burkina Faso Boromo, Mil chandelle
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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 verso reads: "Burkina Faso / Boromo / Pearl millet."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Burkina Faso / Cochlospermum tinctorium / These beautiful golden yellow flowers appear after the bushfires, skimming the scorched and blackened earth."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "© Photo BWASO - Collections Dialogue de Civilisations / Autorisation N⁰ 007/MET/DTH/84 - Réf. 80/1215 / Imprimeria Pierron."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref8538

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f339110a-c119-489d-8507-1a6585faf7fb

Local Numbers

EEPA UV-11-04

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

See Also

Burkina Faso, Boucle du Mouhoun, Boromo (11.75, -2.933333)

Place

Africa
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso -- Boucle du Mouhoun -- Boromo

Topic

Flora

Provenance

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

Creator

Photo Bwaso

See more items in

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 2010-008-3601

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_ref8538
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f339110a-c119-489d-8507-1a6585faf7fb
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087490-2

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