Suk displaying their beaded jewelry
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA KE-20-111
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Frank Ltd. (Mombasa)
- Place
- Africa
- Kenya
- Topic
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Costume -- Africa
- Body arts
- Jewelry
- Beadwork
- Creator
- Frank Ltd. (Mombasa)
- Culture
- Suk (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., col., 10.5 x 14.5 cm.)
- Date
- circa 1980
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 2010-001-0089
- 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
- Printed caption on verso reads: "Suk displaying their beaded jewelry."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Edition East Africa, 1341. / Copyright by: Frank Ltd., P.O. Box 81133 - Mombasa Kenya. / Printed in Italy."
- Manuscript message, address, and postmarked postage stamps on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088114-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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