Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Asmara Festa del Mascal
circa 1936
Africa; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Eritrea, -- Asmara region, -- Āsmera (Asmara)
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: "Asmara - Festa del Mascal." Stamp box reads: "Stampata in Italia." Manuscript message and address on verso; postmarked postage stamp fragment on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 18: Ethiopia (ET)
- Catalog date
- circa 1936
- Recorded places
- Africa; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Eritrea, -- Asmara region, -- Āsmera (Asmara)
- Recorded subjects
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa; Costume
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (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 ET 2010-025-0132
Collection: African Postcard Collection