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Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Date:
[ca. 1908]
Scope and Contents:
Photographed by Edmond Fortier and published by Collection générale Fortier, Dakar.
Original caption reads, "Afrique Occidentale - Dahomey - Chefs et Féticheurs - Région d'Abomey." Translated original caption reads, "Western Africa - Leaders and medicine men - Dahomey - Abomey's region."
Local Numbers:
Fortier 1493
General:
Title source: Translated from postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
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:
Leaders  Search this
Portrait photography -- 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 F1493
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 49: Fortier postcard collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79c291fab-59d8-41fb-b0d6-dd10359fed63
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4435