Object Details
Creator
Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Printed text on recto reads: "Congo Français / No. 17. Naine et femme de Loango."
Translated caption reads: "French Congo. A pygmy and a woman from Loango."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Photographie R. Visser, Déposé."
Postmarked postage stamp on recto.
Items EEPA CF-20-06 and EEPA CF-20-07 are duplicate postcards excepting slight caption variation.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CF-20-06
See Also
Congo, Republic of the, Kouilou Region, Loango (-4.651944, 11.8125)
Interactive maps
Place
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo, Republic of the, -- Kouilou Region -- Loango
Topic
Portrait photography
Provenance
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
Creator
Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
Culture
Pygmies
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Date
[ca. 1906]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140674
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Bibliography
Recto image published in: "Robert Visser and His Photographs from the Loango Coast," Katrin Adler and Katrin Stelzig; African Arts, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Winter, 2002) p. 41.
Genre/Form
Postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087831-4