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Loango Le Bouïti: Dieu de la Vengeance

African Art Museum

Loango Le Bouïti: Dieu de la Vengeance
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Object Details

Creator

Holy Ghost Fathers
Louys Bauer (Dijon)

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: "Loango -- Le Bouïti: Dieu de la Vengeance.."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Loango - The Bwiti: God of Vengeance."
Printed text on verso reads: "Aidez le Missions des Pères du St.-Esprit; Abonnez-vous à leaurs "Annales" - 10 fr.;Père Briault C. C. 611-49, 30, Rue Lhomond, Paris (5 arr.); Edition 'Spiritus'; Imp. Louys Bauer -Dijon."
Manuscript message on verso.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2291

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo728b7a524-37ab-4378-aff2-a58fd38268ca

Local Numbers

EEPA CF-03-05

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

See Also

Congo, Republic of the, Kouilou Region, Loango (-4.651944, 11.8125)
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Place

Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo, Republic of the, -- Kouilou Region -- Loango

Topic

Works of art in situ

Provenance

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001

Creator

Holy Ghost Fathers
Louys Bauer (Dijon)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)

Extent

1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Date

ca. 1920

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 2013-001-0477

Type

Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture 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

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref2291
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo728b7a524-37ab-4378-aff2-a58fd38268ca
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087864-0

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