Sénégal et Soudan Femme Bambara

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.

Text on front reads: "Sénégal et Soudan. Femme Bambara." Translated postcard caption reads, "Senegal and French Sudan. Bambara woman." Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Chère Grand'Mère, Un specimen des femmes noirs crois-tu qu'elle est bien!!!!! Les blanches sont tout de même un peu mieux quand dis-tu? Bons baisers, Léa." Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "Dear Grandmother, A specimen of the black woman do you think she's good!!!! However the white women are a little better what do you think? Affectionate kisses, Lea.".

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

Catalog date

[19--]

Recorded places

Africa; Senegal

Recorded subjects

Portraits; Hairstyles -- Africa

Format and extent

1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

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