Ashantee Village The Natives Playing Games
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA GH-21-01
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Numbering Peculiarities Note
- Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1995-13-111. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140323.
- Creator
- Coltman, Pierre ((Paris))
- Place
- Africa
- Ghana
- Topic
- Recreation -- Africa
- Households -- Africa
- Domestic scenes
- Creator
- Coltman, Pierre ((Paris))
- Culture
- Ashanti (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 1995-013-0111
- 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
- An artist's depiction of people engaged in playing a game and other activities. Caption on recto reads: "Ashantee Village - The Natives Playing Games." Additional text on recto reads: "Phototypie Pierre Coltman, Paris."
- Stamp and postmark on verso. Handwritten address on verso. Handwritten message on frontside.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088038-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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