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Irumu Femme dite à plateau

African Art Museum

Object Details

Creator

Collection M. Delhaye
Nells (Brussels)

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 verso reads: "Irumu. Femme dite à plateau. La femme qui subissait cette déformation, pour éviter les marchés d'esclaves, devait aggrandir petit à petit le diamètre du disque ou se résoudre à trancher la lèvre supérieure à fleur de joue." Translated postcard caption reads, "Irumu. Woman so called with disc. The woman who underwent this deformation to avoid the slave markets, had to enlarge little by little the diameter of the disc or bring herself to slice the upper lip at the cheek's edge."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Collection M. Delhaye. / Déposé - Reproduction interdite." Publisher's logo on verso: "Nels."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2470

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7569b8a66-3beb-4e00-bdee-7df4c6ffd812

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-05-74

General

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

See Also

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Orientale Province, Irumu (1.439272, 29.84406)
Interactive maps

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Irumu

Topic

Body arts
Portrait photography -- Africa

Creator

Collection M. Delhaye
Nells (Brussels)

See more items in

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

Extent

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

Date

ca. 1910

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1999-140013

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_ref2470
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7569b8a66-3beb-4e00-bdee-7df4c6ffd812
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087581-0

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