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Creator:
Hoa-Qui (Firm)  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (photograph., handcolored, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 2 CG
Culture:
Tutsi (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
ca. 1950
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on verso reads: "2288 - L'Afrique en Couleurs - Congo Belge - Tambours Watusi." Translated postcard caption reads: "Africa in colors. Belgian Congo. Watusi drummers."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Editions HOA-QUI - Paris / Reproduction Interdite." Stamp box reads: "Photo Veritable." Publisher's logo on verso: "Hoa-Qui."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CG-19-09
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Music  Search this
Musicians -- Africa  Search this
Musical instruments  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 CG 2011-001-0930
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c42cdb2d-59bc-4746-82bf-b9341a2b70e8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref2864