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Tom Tom Players St. Vincent, Cape Verdes
ca. 1911
Africa; Cape Verde; Cape Verde -- São Vicente
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: "Tom Tom Players, St. Vincent, Cape Verdes." Printed text on verso reads: "'Bon Marché, St. Vincent, Cape Verdes,'." Stamp Box reads: "Printed in Saxony." Image code on verso reads: "11 27015." Manuscript message and address on verso. Postmark on verso, date reads: "..Dez 1911.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 8: Cape Verde (CV)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1911
- Recorded places
- Africa; Cape Verde; Cape Verde -- São Vicente
- Recorded subjects
- Musicians -- Africa; Music -- Africa; Drums -- as musical instruments -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 13.7 x 8.8 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 CV 2011-001-0402
Collection: African Postcard Collection