Photographer:

Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna, 1881-1971  Search this

Creator:

Museum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde Basel  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (halftone., monochrome, 15 x 10.5 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Culture:

Bamun (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Cameroon

Cameroon -- West -- Noun -- Foumban

Date:

ca. 1994

Scope and Contents:

Printed text on recto reads: "Bamum-Frau Lydia aus Fumban, Kamerun / Lydia, femme bamoum, Cameroun."

Translated caption reads: "Lydia, Bamun woman of Fumban, Cameroon."

Additional printed text on verso reads: "Foto: Anna Wuhrmann, um 1913 (III 494) / © Museum für Völkerkunde Basel / 94/2 Best. Nr. 2591."

Duplicate recto image on items EEPA CM-05-01 and CM-05-07.

Local Numbers:

EEPA CM-05-01

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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:

Body arts  Search this

Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this

Scarification (Body marking)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture 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 CM 1995-037-0001

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d77164c7-8872-4070-ac8c-71a80b1b5bed

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref3567