Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Young Arab women from TImbuctu
[ca. 1905]
Africa; Mali
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.
Young Arab women from TImbuctu, Mali. Postcard image of Bamana Chiwara masquerade, Mali. Photograph by Edmond Fortier, ca. 1906. Fortier Postcard collection. Original caption reads, "1058. Afrique Occidentale - SOUDAN - Danseurs "Miniankas". Fetiches des Cultures.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 49: Fortier postcard collection
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1905]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Mali
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA F1014
Collection: African Postcard Collection