MARTINIQUE - Type et Costume créoles

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A picture postcard of an unidentified woman from Martinique in the traditional Creole chemise jupe ensemble. She is featured standing facing the viewer with her head turned to the left. She is standing in front of a painted forest scene with artificial flower props on her left. She is wearing a white blouse with a foulard shawl draped over her shoulders and tucked into her madras skirt, or jupe. She wears a matching madras head scarf and a multi-layered necklace called a collier-choux. The postcard has a white frame around the edges and printed black text along the lower edge reads [Leboullanger, edit. Fort-de-France] and [MARTINIQUE - Type et Costume créoles]. The lower left corner has a black stamp in the shape of a helmet with writing inside. The back of the postcard features handwriting covering the original markings.

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