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"The Mortuary Chapel of Ramose.", Egypt
Date not recorded
Egypt
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.
Thebes -- Mortuary Chapels of the Nobles.[,] The Mortuary Chapel of Ramose. Well-grouped[,] women are seen wailing and gesticulating, and a[,] number of servants are bringing offerings of lotus[,] flowers, wine etc. Next there are some more[,] weeping women, from whose eyes the tears flow[,] and in front of them are the yellow and red clad[,] figures of priestesses or funeral dancers.; CARTE POSTALE. Published by A. GADDIS & SONS -- LUXOR.
- Collection
- Stephen Grant postcards
- Archival grouping
- Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Thebes
- Recorded places
- Egypt
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))
- Recorded subjects
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 4 x 6 in)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4689
Collection: Stephen Grant postcards