Haute-Volta En Pays Mossi, Tibou

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Object Details

Creator

DIAVOLTA

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: "Haute-Volta / En Pays Mossi / Tibou / Au soleil couchant, quotidienne et symbolique action des jeunes filles, avant leur mariage: seules elles peuvent et doivent moudre le mil à même le rocher nu de la Montagne Mère."

Translated postcard caption reads: "Upper Volta / At sunset, daily and symbolic action of the girls before their marriage: they alone can and must grind millet out of the bare rock of the Mountain Mother."

Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photo DIAVOLTA - Reproduction Interdite - 79/539 / Imprimerie Pierron." Stamp box reads: "Couleurs Naturelles."

Items EEPA UV-12-08 and UV-12-09 are duplicate postcards.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75f8ce7e2-7538-4d12-b8f1-c8b8ea60a2f4

Local Numbers

EEPA UV-12-08

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa

Burkina Faso

Topic

Households -- Africa

Domestic scenes

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

Provenance

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

Creator

DIAVOLTA

Culture

Mossi (African people)

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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. 1980

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UV 2010-008-3632

Type

Archival materials

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_ref8566

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75f8ce7e2-7538-4d12-b8f1-c8b8ea60a2f4

EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087495-2

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