Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Village indigène Haute-Volta
circa 1931
Africa; Burkina Faso
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: "Village Indigène; Haute-Volta." Translated caption reads: "Native Village; Upper Volta." Manuscript message on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
- Catalog date
- circa 1931
- Recorded places
- Africa; Burkina Faso
- Recorded subjects
- Cultural landscapes; Vernacular architecture -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 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 UV 2013-001-0377
Collection: African Postcard Collection