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Colonies Françaises, Haute Guinée, Diakolidougou près Beyla La tête de Diali Amara
circa 1904
Africa; Guinea; Guinea, -- Nzérékoré region, -- Diakolidougou
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.
Printed caption on recto reads: "Colonies Françaises; Haute Guinée / Diakolidougou près Beyla. La tête de Diali Amara, Griot et Conseiller de Samory, qui organisa et ordonna le massacre de la mission Braulot (Août 1897)." Translated caption reads: "French Colonies; Upper Guinea / Diakolidougou near Beyla. The head of Diali Amara, Griot and Counsellor to Samory [Touré], who organized and ordered the massacre of the Braulot mission (August 1897)." Manuscript message and postmarked postage stamp on recto; postmarks and manuscript address on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 21: Guinea (GV)
- Catalog date
- circa 1904
- Recorded places
- Africa; Guinea; Guinea, -- Nzérékoré region, -- Diakolidougou
- Recorded subjects
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa; Cultural landscapes
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GV 2012-001-0775
Collection: African Postcard Collection