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St-Louis (Sénégal) Jeune Diguène (Femme) pilant du Couscous
[19--]
Africa; Senegal
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.
Text on front reads: "170. St-Louis (Sénégal). Jeune Diguène (Femme) pilant du Couscous. P. Tacher, phot, St-Louis." Translated postcard caption reads, "170. St-Louis (Senegal). - Young Diguène (Woman) grinding Couscous." Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Mille baisers." Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "A thousand kisses.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)
- Catalog date
- [19--]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Senegal
- Recorded subjects
- Domestic scenes; Hairstyles -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-12-06
Collection: African Postcard Collection
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