Ouidah (Dahomey) Le Temple du Serpent
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA DM-22-02
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Society of African Missions
- Lorraine (Nancy)
- Place
- Africa
- Benin
- Topic
- Religious buildings
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Vernacular architecture -- Africa
- Provenance
- Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001
- Creator
- Society of African Missions
- Lorraine (Nancy)
- 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
- circa 1948
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 2013-001-0226
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Picture 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
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Printed caption on recto reads: "Ouidah (Dahomey) - Le Temple du Serpent."
- Translated caption reads: "Ouiday (Dahomey) -The Serpent Temple."
- Additional printed text on recto reads: "Société Des Missions Africaines - 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."
- Printed text on verso reads: "Procure des Missions Africains; 11, rue Crillon; Paris - IV; Ch. Post. 1816-60; Pour l'Amour du Christ et des Ames; Aider le Missionaires dans leurs Œuvres d'Apostolat...; C'est être Missionaire soi-même! Celui qui aide l'Apôtre; Reçoit la récompense de l'Apôtre!"
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Hélio-Lorraine - Nancy."
- Postmarked postage stamp and manuscript address on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087479-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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