Allada S.M. Gi-Gla, roi d'Allada et ses Conseillers
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: EEPA DM-15-02
label: General
content: Title source: Postcard caption.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Benin
label: Place
content: Benin -- Atlantique -- Allada
topic: label: Topic
content: Leaders
label: Topic
content: Portraits -- Africa
setName: label: See more items in
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, 14 x 9 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1903]
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 1985-144020
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Postcards
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Seated portrait of the the king of Alada, flanked by assistants, an umbrella held over his head. Printed text on recto reads: "Allada. - S.M. Gi-Gla, roi d'Allada et ses Conseillers." Translated caption reads: [Allada. - His Majesty Gi-Gla, King of Allada, and His Council.] Additional printed text on recto reads: "Colonies Françaises; Dahomey." Publisher's logo on recto.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Le cote est exclusivement reserve a l'adresse." Handwritten address on verso. Three postage stamps and four postmarks on verso. Postmark date reads: "17 Sept 03."