Haute-Volta En pays Lobi, Gaoua
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA UV-03-06
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- DIAVOLTA
- See Also
- Burkina Faso, Sud-Ouest, Gaoua (10.325052, -3.173676)
- Place
- Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso -- Sud-Ouest -- Gaoua
- Topic
- Works of art in situ
- Households -- Africa
- Provenance
- Roy and Brigitta Mitchell Collection; Donation; 2010; EEPA 2010-008.
- Creator
- DIAVOLTA
- Culture
- Lobi (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., col., 10.5 x 15 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1980
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UV 2010-008-3634
- 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 / En pays Lobi / GAOUA / La cuisine est le domaine propre de la femme / Les pots en terre empilés sont ici plus signe de considération du mari et de richesse qu'ustensiles utilitaires. Ils seront tous brisés à la mort de la propriétaire."
- Translated postcard caption reads: "Upper Volta / In Lobi country / GAOUA / The kitchen is the proper domain of Women / The earthen pots stacked here are more of a sign of consideration of the husband and of wealth than utilitarian goods. They will all be broken at the death of their owner."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photo DIAVOLTA - Reproduction Interdite - 82/668 / 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-1536871081657-1536871087495-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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