Carving an Ashanti Stool
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA GH-04-02
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- C. B. C. (Accra)
- Place
- Africa
- Ghana
- Topic
- Artists -- Africa
- Wood working
- Stools
- Ashanti (African people)
- Creator
- C. B. C. (Accra)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., col., 16 x 11 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1976]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 1985-140319.01
- 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
- A man carving a wooden stool. Text on verso reads: "Carving An Ashanti Stool." and "C.B.C. Box 3285, Accra - Ghana."
- Items EEPA GH-04-02 and EEPA GH-04-03 are duplicate postcards.
- Message, address, and postmarked postage stamp on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088035-5
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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