Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Dahomey Marché à Abomey
[ca. 1910]
Africa; Benin; Benin -- Zou -- Abomey
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.
Postcard image of woman, smiling. Behind her are many people buying and selling in a marketplace. Printed text on recto reads: "Dahomey - Marché à Abomey." Translated caption reads: [Dahomey - Market in Abomey]. Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. (Se renseigner a la Poste); Correspondance; Adresse.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1910]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin; Benin -- Zou -- Abomey
- Recorded subjects
- Marketplaces; Body arts; Scarification (Process)
- 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 DM 1985-144050
Collection: African Postcard Collection