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[Elderly Bira woman with lip plate and staff]

African Art Museum

[Elderly Bira woman with lip plate and staff]
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Object Details

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Manuscript address and message on verso, message reads, "Chère Bobonne, En ce moment nous sommes en voyage de noce. Nous avons eu un mariage très sympathique et très original. Ici il fait très bon et je ne souffre pas du tout de la chaleur. j'ai déjà grossi. J'aime bien la colonie. Nous t'embrassons bien fort." Translated message reads, "Dear Bobonne, at this moment we are on our honeymoon. We have had a very nice and very original wedding. It is very pleasant here and I do not suffer from the heat. I've grown. I like the colony. We embrace you very hard."
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a65d877b-1931-47fd-9310-97dc0f40cc17

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-05-67

General

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

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Body arts
Portrait photography -- Africa

Culture

Bira (African people)

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

Extent

1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 14 x 9 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 1999-140021

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_ref2478
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a65d877b-1931-47fd-9310-97dc0f40cc17
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087582-3

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