Creator:

Cuypers, J. B. (photographer)  Search this

Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale  Search this

Extent:

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

Container:

Volume 1

Culture:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Nigeria -- Kaduna -- Zaria

Date:

[ca. 1980]

Scope and Contents:

Printed caption on verso reads: "Toegangsgebouw tot het paleis van de Emir van Zaria; Nigeria, Staat Kaduna stad Zaria, oktober 1971; Karakteristieke, gemodeleerde motieven van de Hausa. Gebruik van moderne oliekleuren. Deze ganse versiering was in 1980 reeds verdwenen."

"Batiment d'entree du palais de l'Emir de Zaria; Nigeria, Etat de Kaduna, ville de Zaria, octobre 1971; Motifs décoratifs Hausa caractéristiques, modelés et peints; utilisation de couleurs à l'huile modernes. Tout ce décor avait déja disparu en 1980."

Translated postcard caption reads: "Building entrance to the palace of the Emir of Zaria, Nigeria, Kaduna, Zaria City, October 1971; Hausa Ornamental features, shaped and painted, using modern oil colors. All of the ornamentation was already gone in 1980."

Additional printed text on verso reads: "Phot. J.-B. Cuypers; © Musée Royal De L'Afrique Centrale - Tervuren." Text repeated in dutch. Stamp box reads: "ET54."

Local Numbers:

EEPA NR-03-10

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Provenance:

Simon Ottenberg; Donation; FY 2010; EEPA 2010-020.

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:

Works of art in situ  Search this

Bas-relief  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Architecture -- Details  Search this

Cultural landscapes  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 NR 2012-001-1659

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 34: Nigeria (NR)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7befc8c27-d1ba-4483-a632-47281db5e929

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6972