Toegangsgebouw tot het paleis van de Emir van Zaria
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA NR-03-10
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Cuypers, J. B. (photographer)
- Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale
- See Also
- Nigeria, Kaduna, Zaria (11.11128, 7.7227)
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- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Nigeria -- Kaduna -- Zaria
- Topic
- Works of art in situ
- Bas-relief
- Mural painting and decoration
- Architecture -- Details
- Cultural landscapes
- Provenance
- Simon Ottenberg; Donation; FY 2010; EEPA 2010-020.
- Creator
- Cuypers, J. B. (photographer)
- Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale
- Culture
- Hausa (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 34: Nigeria (NR)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15 x 10.5 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1980]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA NR 2012-001-1659
- 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: "Toegangsgebouw tot het paleis van de Emir van Zaria; Nigeria, Staat Kaduna stad Zaria, oktober 1971; Karakteristieke, gemodeleerde motieven van de Hausa. Gebruik van moderne oliekleuren. Deze ganse versiering was in 1980 reeds verdwenen."
- "Batiment d'entree du palais de l'Emir de Zaria; Nigeria, Etat de Kaduna, ville de Zaria, octobre 1971; Motifs décoratifs Hausa caractéristiques, modelés et peints; utilisation de couleurs à l'huile modernes. Tout ce décor avait déja disparu en 1980."
- Translated postcard caption reads: "Building entrance to the palace of the Emir of Zaria, Nigeria, Kaduna, Zaria City, October 1971; Hausa Ornamental features, shaped and painted, using modern oil colors. All of the ornamentation was already gone in 1980."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Phot. J.-B. Cuypers; © Musée Royal De L'Afrique Centrale - Tervuren." Text repeated in dutch. Stamp box reads: "ET54."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088381-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0