Haute-Volta Ouagadougou
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA UV-03-01
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- DIAVOLTA
- Yennenga, Princess, fl. 12th cent.
- See Also
- Burkina Faso, Centre, Kadiogo, Ouagadougou (12.36423, -1.53834)
- Place
- Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso -- Centre -- Kadiogo -- Ouagadougou
- Topic
- Works of art in situ
- Provenance
- Roy and Brigitta Mitchell Collection; Donation; 2010; EEPA 2010-008.
- Creator
- DIAVOLTA
- Yennenga, Princess, fl. 12th cent.
- Culture
- Mossi (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. 1970
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UV 2010-008-3620
- 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 text on verso reads "Haute-Volta / Ouagadougou / Statue de la princesse Yennenga, héroïne Mossi."
- Translated postcard caption reads: "Upper Volta / Ouagadougou / Statue of the Mossi heroine, princess Yennenga."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photo DIAVOLTA - Reproduction Interdite - 77/569 / Imprimerie Pierron." Stamp box reads: "Couleurs Naturelles."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087493-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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