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Congo

African Art Museum

Congo
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Object Details

Creator

Lammeretz

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Stamped caption on verso reads: "Dansuers Bakuba de Mweka.".
Translated caption reads: "Kuba Dancers from Mweka."
Additional stamped text on verso reads: "Droits Réservés / Lammeretz. " Image number stamped on verso: "531."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2491

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75e73a6be-c508-4481-b7ad-209892a40142

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-17-05

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

See Also

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai-Occidental Province, Mweka (-4.850000, 21.566667)
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Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kasaï-Occidental Province -- Mweka

Topic

Masquerades
Masks
Costume -- Africa

Provenance

Bryna Freyer; donation; 2008/04/21 EEPA 2008-017

Creator

Lammeretz

Culture

Kuba (African people)

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

Extent

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

Date

ca. 1920

Container

Volume 2 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2008-017-0004

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_ref2491
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75e73a6be-c508-4481-b7ad-209892a40142
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087584-5

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