Jeune fille Haoussa
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-20-177
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Portrait photography
- Body arts
- Provenance
- I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.
- Culture
- Hausa (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Container
- Volume 3 CG
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1100
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Collection Citation
- African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 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.
- Genre/Form
- Postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Printed caption on recto reads: "Jeune Fille Haoussa." Translated postcard caption reads: "Young Hausa girl."
- Manuscript message on verso, message reads: "Cette femme sauvage n'est-elle pas mieux que ta vieille civilisée de Pornichet et ne ferait-elle pas une pécheresse plus agréable que ta pêcheuse? Cordial souvenir à tous trois." Translated message reads: "Isn't this young primitive girl better than your old civilized woman from Pornichet? And wouldn't she make a more agreable sinner than your fisherwoman? Warm greetings to all three of you." Date reads: "22.10.10."
- Items EEPA CG-20-176 EEPA CG-20-177 and EEPA CG-20-178 bear duplicate recto images.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087674-6
- Metadata Usage
- CC0