[Man With Pipe]

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 message inside greeting card reads: "Il y a un trou dans le tuyau de la pipe : c'est le travail de l'homme. / Il y a un creux dans le tronc de l'arbre : c'est le travail des ans. / Il y a de la sagesse dans le vieillard : c'est le travail de Dieu. / ... Que Dieu vous donne de longues années! / (proverbe et souhait Minyanka)." Translated message reads: "There is a hole in the stem of the pipe : this is the work of man. / It is hollow in the trunk of the tree : this is the work of years. / There is wisdom in the old man : this is the work of God. / ...May God give you many long years! / (Minyanka proverb and wish)." Printed text on verso reads: "18480 - Impression Pierron - 57206 Sarreguemines.".

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

African Postcard Collection / Series 13: Cote d'Ivoire (IV)

Catalog date

[ca. 1980]

Recorded places

Africa; Côte d'Ivoire

Recorded subjects

Portrait photography -- Africa

Format and extent

1 Item (greeting card : halftone., col., 21 x 15 cm. (folded))

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