A. O. F., Haute-Volta Koudougou: Le lavement chez les Mossi
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA UV-12-12
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- France. Ministère de la France d'outre-mer
- Place
- Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Topic
- Households -- Africa
- Domestic scenes
- Provenance
- Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001
- Creator
- France. Ministère de la France d'outre-mer
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 15 x 10.5 cm.)
- Date
- circa 1957
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UV 2013-001-0391
- 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: "A. O. F. - Haute-Volta; Koudougou; Le lavement chez les Mossi; Au préalable, la mère aspire de l'eau prise dans le calebasse placée à côte d'elle."
- Translated caption reads: "A. O. F. - Upper Volta; Koudougou; Washing among the Mossi; Beforehand, the mother draws water taken from the calabash placed by her side."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Cliché: Ministère France Outre Mer."
- Address, postmarked postage stamp, and message in simulated manuscript on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087504-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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