Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Dahomey Marché d'Abomey. Section de la Ferraille Fétiche
[ca. 1920]
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 asen displayed between a row of huts. Text on front reads: "Dahomey Marché d'Abomey. Section de la Ferraille Fétiche." Translated caption reads: [Dahomey Abomey Market. Section For Iron Fetishes." Printed text on verso includes publishers logo: "Collection ["FS" or "SF"]." and series number: "6251." Items EEPA DM-03-07 and EEPA DM-03-08 bear same image on recto.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1920]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Works of art in situ; Asen; Rites and ceremonies -- Africa; Marketplaces
- 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 1985-144053
Collection: African Postcard Collection