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Photographer:
Huet, Michel, 1917-  Search this
Creator:
Hoa-Qui (Firm)  Search this
Mexichrome  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15 x 10.5 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Bamileke (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Cameroon
Date:
ca. 1970
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on verso reads: "Masques Africains / Masque et costume Bamiléké. / African Masks / Bamiléké and costume."
Items EEPA CM-17-06, CM-17-07, CM-17-08, and CM-17-09 are bear duplicate recto images.
Additional printed text on verso reads: "4377 / Mexichrome / Printed in France / Photo HOA-QUI / IRIS / 102, Av. Denfert-Rochereau - Paris XIV." Manuscript on verso reads: "Mileke, Cameroon / Abrams."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CM-17-08
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:
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Masquerades  Search this
Masks  Search this
Costume -- Africa  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 2011-001-0369
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/xo703dc166e-235c-4a5d-ab41-9ea38e9a73a5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref3631