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 Marka / entre Nouna et Gassan / L'homme se tient à l'ombre à l'heure où le soleil et la chaleur semblent tout écraser."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Upper Volta / Between Nouna and Gassan / In Marka Country / Man keeps to the shade at a time when the sun and the heat seems to crush everything."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "© Photo DIAVOLTA - 78/550 / Imprimerie Pierron." Stamp box reads: "Couleurs Naturelles."
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Local Numbers
EEPA UV-07-06
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Place
Africa
Burkina Faso
Topic
Cultural landscapes
Vernacular architecture -- Africa
Provenance
Roy and Brigitta Mitchell Collection; Donation; 2010; EEPA 2010-008.
Creator
DIAVOLTA
Culture
Soninke (African people)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
Extent
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 10.5 x 15 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 2010-008-3648
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_ref8581
Large EAD
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EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087498-1