Object Details
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 recto reads: "Gruss aus Kamerun; Kopschmuck der Pangwe-Männer."
Translated caption reads: "Greetings from Cameroon, Head ornamentation of Pangwe Men."
Manuscript message on verso, date reads: "12/9/12."
Postcard image with four views of hairstyles on Pangwe Men, circa 1910.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CM-05-09
Place
Africa
Cameroon
Topic
Body arts
Hairstyles -- Africa
Provenance
Freyer: Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 12/30/1999.
Culture
Fang (West African people)
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African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Date
[ca. 1912]
Container
Volume 1
Custodial History
Donated by Bryna Freyer who had purchased it from Michel Fayadat, France, 1999.
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 2000-140003
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
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
Postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Record ID
ebl-1558040837100-1558040839191-3