Sakafo - Le Repas sur Pherbe
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA MG-12-03
- Local Note
- temp 159
- Place
- Africa
- Madagascar
- Topic
- Households
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Domestic scenes
- Men
- Women
- Children
- Meals
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- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1926
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0357
- 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
- Original caption reads, "Sakafo - A Meal on the Grass." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Tamatave, Madagascar, 14 January 1926."
- Original hand-written address on verso, "M. et Mme Leblanc. 10 Avenue Duiel au 12 Pare de la Malmaison par Rueil S. ch. O France."
- Original hand-written text on recto, "Tamatave - 12 January. My dear friends. This is joy. It is a boy. You guess our happiness of the birth of small Jaques. This is an adorable kid who grows well. His mother has already recovered. The father is very well who would have thought of this hair two years ago. We hope you are in good health. With our affectionate friendship."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088170-5
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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