Dahomey Temple des serpents à Ouidah
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: EEPA DM-22-01
label: General
content: Title source: Postcard caption.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Benin
topic: label: Topic
content: Cultural landscapes
label: Topic
content: Religious buildings
label: Topic
content: Vernacular architecture -- Africa
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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content: African Postcard Collection
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content: African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1910]
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144032
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Picture postcards
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Picture postcards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Postcard image of thatched roof structures connected by walls and surrounding a large tree. Text on front reads: "Dahomey; Temple des serpents à Ouidah." Translated caption reads: [Dahomey. Temple of Snakes in Ouidah]. Printed text on verso reads: "Carte postale." Manuscript message and address on verso.