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Catalog Data

Creator:
DIAVOLTA  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15 x 10.5 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Gouin (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso -- Cascades -- Gouindougouba
Date:
ca. 1980
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on verso reads: "Haute-Volta / prés de Banfora / à Gouindougouba / Scène d'un mariage «Gouin»"
Translated postcard caption reads: "Upper Volta / near Banfora / at Gouindougouba / Scene from a Gouin marriage."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photo DIAVOLTA - Reproduction Interdite - 80/1199 / Imprimerie PIERRON." Stamp box reads: "Couleurs Naturelles."
Local Numbers:
EEPA UV-19-07
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:
Music -- Africa  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Costume -- Africa  Search this
Musicians -- Africa  Search this
Musical instruments -- 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 2010-008-3659
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/xo787410c38-21e2-4583-a35b-bf179f13e9ba
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref8591