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Exposiçao Colonial Portugueza, Portugal, Porto, 1934 Trecho da Aldeia Indigena de Bijagoz, Guiné

circa 1934

Africa; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau, -- Bolama region, -- Arquipélago dos Bijagós (Bissagos Islands)

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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 verso reads: "No. 5. - 1 a Exposiçao Colonial Portugueza / Portugal - Porto, 1934 / Trecho da Aldeia Indigena de Bijagoz - Guiné." Additional printed text on verso reads: "Made in Germany." Logo on recto. Postmarked postage stamp, manuscript message, and address on verso.

Collection
African Postcard Collection
Archival grouping
African Postcard Collection / Series 22: Guinea-Bissau (PG)
Catalog date
circa 1934
Recorded places
Africa; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau, -- Bolama region, -- Arquipélago dos Bijagós (Bissagos Islands)
Recorded subjects
Households -- Africa; Vernacular architecture -- Africa
Format and extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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This is a catalog record for historical archival material, not a biography. Catalog wording reflects the source record. Metadata reuse does not grant permission to reproduce restricted photographs or documents.

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

Source collection ↗

Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA PG 2012-001-0923

Collection: African Postcard Collection

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