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Afrique Occidentale Franc̥̦̜̜aise, Sénégal Marchande de sable noir
[19--]
Africa; Senegal
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 verso reads: "Afrique Occidentale Franc̥̦̜̜aise. 1035. Sénégal. - Marchande de sable noir dont les Femmes se saupoudrent les tresses de la chevelure prealablement enduites d'une matiere grasse." Translated postcard caption reads, "French Western Africa. 1035. Senegal. - Woman selling dark sand which, mixed with fat, is used by women to dress their hairs.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)
- Catalog date
- [19--]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Senegal
- Recorded subjects
- Marketplaces
- 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 SG-16-18
Collection: African Postcard Collection