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Extent:
1 Postcard (halftone., b&w, 15 x 10.75 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Algeria
Israel
Date:
ca. 1982
Scope and Contents:
Text on recto reads: "Solimann ein verlchnidner űber dek kőnigs von Allgier 60 Weiber beltelt." Additional text on recto reads: "And Matth: Woffgnag del : in Allgeir ...."
Printed text on verso reads: "Suleiman, a eunich in charge of the sixty wives of the king of Algiers. Engraving after a drawing of A. M. Wolfgang (1660-1736), (executed while in captivity in Algiers)." Text also provided in Hebrew.
Manuscript on verso reads: "30.12.82 / Dear Simon Ottenberg, I had written you some years back how much I enjoyed your book Masked Rituals of Afikpo. Can you now send me a reprint of "West African Masquerades" ETHOS v. 10 and anything else you might have written Yours Henry A." Addressed to: "Prof S Ottenberg / Anthropology / U of Washington / Seattle WA. 98187 / USA."
Stamped text on verso reads: "Dr. H. Abramovitch / 7 Halamed Hey St. / Jerusalem 93661 Israel."
Postmarked stamps on verso. Postmark reads: "[illegible] Jerusalem [illegible] 83."
Local Numbers:
EEPA AE-20-75
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Simon Ottenberg; Donation; FY 2000; EEPA 2000-007.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
