10. Afrique Occidentale (Dahomey) - Cotonou Départ pour la Brousse
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA DM-47-04
- Creator
- Dantan
- Place
- Africa
- Benin
- Topic
- Transportation -- Africa
- Hammocks
- Provenance
- JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
- Creator
- Dantan
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144089
- 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
- Postcard image of a European man riding in a hammock suspended from a pole, which is supported by Africans. Other Europeans and Africans make up the gathering. Printed text on recto reads: "20. Afrique Occidentale (Dahomey); Cotonou - Départ pour la Brousse." Translated caption reads: [West Africa, Dahomey - Cotonou, Departing for the Bush]. Additional printed text on recto reads: "Collection générale- Dantan - Reproduction interdite." Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Adresse."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087477-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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