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Playing Warri

National Museum of African Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
EEPA GH-12-02 EEPA GH 1996-005-0118
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note
Verso labelled with former accession number format: 1996-5-118. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140326.
Creator
Methodist Book Depot Ltd. (Ghana)
Place
Africa
Ghana
Topic
Households -- Africa
Recreation -- Africa
Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Textile fabrics
Provenance
Postcards International; purchase; FY 1996; EEPA 1996-005
Creator
Methodist Book Depot Ltd. (Ghana)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)
Extent
1 Postcard (photograph., 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 Methodist Book Depots: No.66.
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
Two men playing a game. Text on frontside reads: "Playing Warri." and "No.66." Handwritten address and message on verso. Text on verso reads: "Post Card; For Correspondence; 'We shall continue steadfast in faith and duty till our task is done.' - The Prime Minister; Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast, Gold Coast; This is a real photograph; For Address Only; Printed in Gt. Britain."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "'We shall continue steadfast in faith and duty till our task is done.' - The Prime Minister."
Stamp box reads: "1d. Stamp if with only sender's name and address and 5 words conventional greeting; G."
Manuscript message and address on verso.
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871088039-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7622f7528-65f8-49f8-9371-4d52a35a0bac

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