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Creator:
GIL (Dakar)  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Bassari (Senegalese and Guinean people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Guinea
Date:
circa 1950
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on verso reads: "39 - Guinée; Types Bassari."
Translated caption reads: "39 - Guinea; Bassari Types."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Éditions GIL, Dakar BP, 633; Marque Déposée - Reproduction Interdite." Stamp box reads: "Photographie Véritable."
Publisher's logo on recto: "Gil."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GV-20-36
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001
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:
Portrait photography -- Africa  Search this
Body arts  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 GV 2013-001-0374
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 21: Guinea (GV)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74907b264-ca4b-4843-8427-a5e6b0b3c41d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4915