Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
34. Ouidah Groupe de féticheuses
[ca. 1910]
Africa; Benin
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 a group of men and women seated. Printed text on recto reads: "Dahomey / 34. Ouidah.- Groupe de féticheuses - Fetischpriesterinnen - Fetish-women." Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Adresse." Postage stamp and postmarks on recto; postmarks on verso. Manuscript message and address on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1910]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Rites and ceremonies -- 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 DM 1985-144014
Collection: African Postcard Collection