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Congo Belge Femme Mayumbe, Tatouage Temvo

African Art Museum

Object Details

Creator

Impriméries Réunies de Nancy

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Translated postcard caption reads, "Belgian Congo. Mayumbe woman. Temvo tattoos."
Manuscript message and address on verso. Postmark on verso, date reads: "14 · VII / 1913 [July 14, 1913]."
Publisher's logo on verso: "Impr. Reunis de Nancy."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2465

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7980a63da-aff1-445e-82f6-e371cf111ddb

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-05-50

General

Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Body arts
Portrait photography -- Africa
Body marking -- Africa

Creator

Impriméries Réunies de Nancy

Culture

Yombe (African people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)

Extent

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

Condition

Top right corner torn.

Date

ca. 1913

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1999-140008

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_ref2465
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7980a63da-aff1-445e-82f6-e371cf111ddb
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087580-1

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