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Catalog Data

Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Chad
Date:
ca. 1905
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on recto reads: "Les Femmes a Plateaux / Un beau Plateau."
Translated caption reads: "[Lip] Plated Women / A beautiful [lip] plate."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "La Vulgarisation Ethnographique."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-06
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Restrictions:
Digital image unavailable due to cultural sensitivity. Please contact Archives staff for additional information.
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.
Topic:
Portrait photography  Search this
Body arts  Search this
Labrets  Search this
Women  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CD 1985-140206
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 10: Chad (CD)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e1793d2c-0b21-4448-b932-a921add20a8a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref1899