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.
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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.
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Large EAD
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EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087606-0