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6 - Dahomey Le Roi Toffa dans son Palais de Porto-Novo
[ca. 1908]
Africa; Benin; Benin -- Oueme -- Porto-Novo -- Royal Palace
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 king Toffa, seated, wearing a tall hat. Printed text on recto reads: "6 - Dahomey - Le Roi Toffa dans son Palais de Porto Novo." Translated caption reads: [Dahomey - King Toffa in his palace at Porto-Novo.] Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; La Correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangers; (Se renseigner a la Poste); Correspondance; Adresse." Two postmarks on verso, date reads: "15 MAI 08." Handwritten message and address on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1908]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin; Benin -- Oueme -- Porto-Novo -- Royal Palace
- Recorded subjects
- Leaders; Portraits -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., hand colored, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144019
Collection: African Postcard Collection