Sénégal et Soudan Fabrique de Pirogues cousues

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: "Sénégal et Soudan. Fabrique de Pirogues cousues." Translated postcard caption reads, "Senegal and French Sudan. Making of stitched dugout canoe." Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Je quitterai Kayes seulement le 2 ou le 3 août. Je vous embrasse de loin bien affecteusement en vous disant a bientôt." Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "I'll only leave Kayes the 2nd or 3rd of August. All my best from far away and see you soon.".

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

Catalog date

[19--]

Recorded places

Africa; Senegal

Recorded subjects

Transportation

Format and extent

1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

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