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Colonies Françaises, Sénégal et Soudan Femmes de pecheurs nomades sur le cours du moyen Niger
[ca. 1900]
Africa; Niger
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 text on recto reads: "Colonies Francaises; Sénégal et Soudan; Femmes de pecheurs nomades sur le cours du moyen Niger." Translated caption reads: "French Colonies; Senegal and French Sudan; Wives of nomadic fishermen on the course of the central Niger [river]." Publisher's logo on recto: "SFE[?].".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 33: Niger (NG)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1900]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Niger
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography -- Africa; Costume -- Africa; Women -- Africa; Children -- Africa
- 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 NG 2012-001-1646
Collection: African Postcard Collection