L'Afrique en Couleurs Confidences au masque
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA UV-17-02
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Mexichrome
- Hoa-Qui (Firm)
- Place
- Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Topic
- Masquerades
- Rites and ceremonies
- Creator
- Mexichrome
- Hoa-Qui (Firm)
- Culture
- Bobo (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15 x 10.5 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UV 1985-146016
- 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
- Postcard image of a masked individual and a woman with a baby carried on her back. Printed text on verso reads: "L'Afrique en Couleurs; Confidences au masque.; Africa in Pictures; A secret for the masker."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "IRIS / 102, Av. Denfert-Rochereau - PARIS XIVe / Mexichrome / Printed in France / PHOTO / HOA-QUI / 5010."
- Manuscript on verso reads: "Bobo?"
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087484-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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