Creator:

Society of African Missions  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (collotype, b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Place:

Africa

Benin

Date:

[ca. 1930]

Scope and Contents:

Postcard image of a building decorated with bas-relief. Several people are visible around the building. Printed text on recto reads: "Dahomey / Cové. - Entrée d'une maison." Translated caption reads: [Entrance of a House.]

Printed text on verso reads: "Société des Missions Africaines / de Lyon." Additional text on verso concerning the Society of African Missions of Lyon.

Local Numbers:

EEPA DM-07-09

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Provenance:

JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.

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:

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Works of art in situ  Search this

Bas-relief  Search this

Vernacular architecture -- Africa  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 DM 1985-144025

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7dfadbe7e-0b02-433b-b842-49fc3958b8dc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref3900