A Masai Youth
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA KE-20-33
- General
- Image indexed by catalogue number and subjects.
- Creator
- H. S. M. Limited, Mombasa
- Place
- Africa
- Kenya
- Topic
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Costume -- Africa
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Hairstyles -- Africa
- Body arts
- Jewelry
- Weapons
- Creator
- H. S. M. Limited, Mombasa
- Culture
- Maasai (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., hand colored, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Date
- c. 1930
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 1996-002-017
- 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
- Text on recto reads: "A Masai Youth. Series No. HSM 94."
- Additional text on verso reads: "H. S. M. Limited, Mombasa. A real copyright photograph."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088100-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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