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89. Congo Français Bondjo à qui son chef a coupé deux poignets pour avoir volé

African Art Museum

89. Congo Français Bondjo à qui son chef a coupé deux poignets pour avoir volé
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Object Details

Creator

Impriméries Réunies de Nancy
Leray

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Printed caption on recto reads: "89. Congo Français. Bondjo à qui son chef a coupé deux poignets pour avoir volé."
Translated caption reads: "89. French Congo. Bondjo whose chief cut off both his wrists for stealing."
Publisher's logo on recto: "Impr. Réunies de Nancy." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Collection Leray."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2093

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo750abb623-0179-4848-aef3-1d2af0898512

Local Numbers

EEPA CF-20-31

Place

Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)

Topic

Portrait photography

Provenance

JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.

Creator

Impriméries Réunies de Nancy
Leray

Culture

Bondjo (African people)

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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. 1900]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140711

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.

Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref2093
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo750abb623-0179-4848-aef3-1d2af0898512
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087834-5

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