Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Dahomey Temple des serpents à Ouidah
[ca. 1910]
Africa; Benin
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Postcard image of thatched roof structures connected by walls and surrounding a large tree. Text on front reads: "Dahomey; Temple des serpents à Ouidah." Translated caption reads: [Dahomey. Temple of Snakes in Ouidah]. Printed text on verso reads: "Carte postale." Manuscript message and address on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1910]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Cultural landscapes; Religious buildings; Vernacular architecture -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144032
Collection: African Postcard Collection