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Un sorcier Mangbetu à l'oeuvre

African Art Museum

Un sorcier Mangbetu à l'oeuvre
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Object Details

Creator

Dominicaines Missionnaires de Namur
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 postcard caption reads: "Un sorcier Mangebetu à l'œuvre. / Mangbetoe-toevenaar aan het werk." Translated postcard caption reads, " Mangbetu sorcerer at work."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Edition des Dominicaines Missionnaires de Namur 44, rue de Belvédère, Salzinnes - (Reprod. interdite)." Publisher's logo on veros: "Nels." Manuscript on recto.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2621

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ead6dc42-3b04-4e60-a2b0-f1e6c2cd673b

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-18-02

General

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

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Medicine
Shamans

Creator

Dominicaines Missionnaires de Namur
Nells (Brussels)

Culture

Mangbetu (African people)

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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 2 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0684

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_ref2621
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ead6dc42-3b04-4e60-a2b0-f1e6c2cd673b
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087606-0

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