Leaders and medicine men Dahomey
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- Fortier 1493
- General
- Title source: Translated from postcard caption.
- Image indexed by negative number.
- Place
- Africa
- Topic
- Leaders
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 49: Fortier postcard collection
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1908]
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA F1493
- Type
- Archival materials
- 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
- Photographed by Edmond Fortier and published by Collection générale Fortier, Dakar.
- Original caption reads, "Afrique Occidentale - Dahomey - Chefs et Féticheurs - Région d'Abomey." Translated original caption reads, "Western Africa - Leaders and medicine men - Dahomey - Abomey's region."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088532-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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