Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Amauna, la Négresse blanch avec sa Sœur de la Côte-d'Or (Afrique)
[ca. 1900]
Africa; Ghana
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 a two young women. Original caption reads: "Amauna; Negresse blanche, avec sa Soeur; de la Côte-d'Or (Afrique). " Translated caption reads, "Amauna: The white Negress, with her Sister; of the Gold Coast (Africa)." Items EEPA GH-20-02 and EEPA GH-20-03 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1900]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Ghana
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography -- Africa; Women -- Africa; Costume -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., 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 GH 1985-140302-01
Collection: African Postcard Collection