Object Details
Creator
France. Ministère de la France d'outre-mer
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Printed caption on verso reads: "A. O. F. - Haute-Volta; Koudougou; Le lavement chez les Mossi; Au préalable, la mère aspire de l'eau prise dans le calebasse placée à côte d'elle."
Translated caption reads: "A. O. F. - Upper Volta; Koudougou; Washing among the Mossi; Beforehand, the mother draws water taken from the calabash placed by her side."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Cliché: Ministère France Outre Mer."
Address, postmarked postage stamp, and message in simulated manuscript on verso.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref8618
Local Numbers
EEPA UV-12-12
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Place
Africa
Burkina Faso
Topic
Households -- Africa
Domestic scenes
Provenance
Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001
Creator
France. Ministère de la France d'outre-mer
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
Extent
1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 15 x 10.5 cm.)
Date
circa 1957
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UV 2013-001-0391
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_ref8618
Large EAD
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EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087504-4