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Haute-Volta

African Art Museum

Haute-Volta
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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 / Le pays Cerengo et Turka est la région du rônier Coupé, brûlé, maltraité, il renaît toujours / Ses palmes, ici rayonnent dan la lumière su soir."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Upper Volta / Cerengo and Turka country is the region of the ronier palm / Cut, burned, mistreated, it always returns / The palms here radiate in the evening light."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "© Photo DIAVOLTA 82/662 / Imprimerie Pierron." Stamp box reads: "Couleurs Naturelles."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref8571

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo775d67864-78ed-4130-be26-1632fcb1fb96

Local Numbers

EEPA UV-11-05

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa
Burkina Faso

Topic

Flora

Provenance

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

Creator

DIAVOLTA

Culture

Turka (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 2010-008-3637

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_ref8571
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo775d67864-78ed-4130-be26-1632fcb1fb96
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087496-2

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