Creator:

Photo Bwaso  Search this

Extent:

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

Container:

Volume 1

Culture:

Lobi (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso -- Sud-Ouest -- Gaoua

Date:

ca. 1990

Scope and Contents:

Printed text on verso reads: "Burkina Faso / En Pays Lobi / GAOUA / L'orage gronde déja et avante qu'il n'éclate tout le monde s'est vivement mis à l'abri."

Translated postcard caption reads: "Burkina Faso / In Lobi Country / Gaoua / The storm is already thundering and before it bursts everyone is safely under cover."

Additional printed text on verso reads: "© Photo BWASO - Collection Dialogue de Civilisations / Autorisation N⁰ 007/MET/DTH/84 - 82/656 / Imprimerie Pierron."

Local Numbers:

EEPA UV-07-07

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Provenance:

Roy and Brigitta Mitchell Collection; Donation; 2010; EEPA 2010-008.

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

Vernacular architecture -- 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 UV 2010-008-3603

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75f0ddae6-0938-40b5-bdf7-7c5a39dd3e1d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref8540