Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Les Femmes a Plateaux. Un beau Plateau
ca. 1905
Africa; Chad
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.
Printed text on recto reads: "Les Femmes a Plateaux / Un beau Plateau." Translated caption reads: "[Lip] Plated Women / A beautiful [lip] plate." Additional printed text on recto reads: "La Vulgarisation Ethnographique.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 10: Chad (CD)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1905
- Recorded places
- Africa; Chad
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography; Body arts; Labrets; Women
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 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 CD 1985-140206
Collection: African Postcard Collection