Madagascar - Mponjaka Sakalave
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA MG-15-03
- Local Note
- temp 21
- Creator
- Rousselet, Jules, photographer
- Place
- Africa
- Madagascar
- Topic
- Leaders
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Men
- Creator
- Rousselet, Jules, photographer
- Culture
- Sakalava (Malagasy people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1903
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 1985-149007
- 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.
- Bibliography
- Unwrapping the Little-Known Textile Traditions of Madagascar (Chicago, IL: The Field Museum, 2001).
- Genre/Form
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Original caption reads, "382. - Madagascar - Mponjaka Sakalave." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Tulear, Madagascar, 23 July 1903."
- Additional printed text on recto reads: "C. A. Jules Rousselet Photographe. Majunga. Madagascar."
- Original hand-written address on verso, "Monsieur Toulon, officier d'administration en retraite P1 Place de St. Michel, Marseille."
- Original hand-written text on recto, "The card and austere face of this native king will give you some idea of our stake of mind - there is no longer laughtor around here and health too seems to leave me . I may be obliged to send my fame by back before long. Codially yours."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088147-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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