Congo Français No. 17. Le grand Fétish Mabialla Mandembe

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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 caption on recto reads: "Congo Français. No. 17. Le grand Fetish Mabialla Mandembe."

Translated caption reads: "French Congo. No 17. The great Mabialla Mandembe Fetish."

Additional printed text on recto reads: "Photographie R. Visser, Déposé."

Manuscript signature on verso.

Items EEPA CF-03-02 and EEPA CF-03-03 are duplicate postcards excepting caption format variation.

Publication caption reads: "16. Nikisi Mabyaala Ma Ndembe; Loango, French Congo; [Congo Français No. 17 - Le grand Fétish mabialla Mandembe]; Photograph by Robert Visser; c. 1890-1900, postcard, collotype; Publisher unkown, c. 1905; EEPA Postcard Collection 1985-140834."

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b9f81219-2ca4-4f17-8bcc-459a5a46e8a0

Local Numbers

EEPA CF-03-02

Place

Africa

Congo (Brazzaville)

Topic

Works of art in situ

Rites and ceremonies

Provenance

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

Creator

Visser, Robert, 1860-1937

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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 4 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140834

Type

Archival materials

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

Geary, Christraud, M. "In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960," London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2002, p. 28.

Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

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EEPA.1985-014_ref2202

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EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087851-0

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