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Quelques femmes de Kassai et Bangalla

African Art Museum

Quelques femmes de Kassai et Bangalla
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Object Details

Creator

Varella & Oliveira (Thysville)

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Printed caption on recto reads: "Quelques femmes de Kassai et Bangalla." Translated caption reads, "Some women from Kassai and Bangalla."
Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads, "Tu les vois avec leurs chapelets, tu peux être certain qu'elles seront les premières à venir au moindre appel imitant leur patronne Madeleine mais il leur sera pardonné parce qu'elles auront beaucoup aimé! A part cela de vrais chameaux qui discutent le prix et prétendent être payées d'avance. Point de ressemblance avec celles qui se baladent sur nos boulevards. A bientôt." Translated message reads, "Look at them with their rosaries, you can bet they would be the first to come running at the first call imitating Madeleine their mistress but all will be forgiven to them because they will have loved so much! Apart from that true cows who haggle over the price and want to be paid in advance a likeness with those who stroll our boulevards. Soon"
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Varella & Oliveira, Thysville." Postmarks on verso, date reads: "26 JANV 08."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2866

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d995a488-a8be-47a1-9e2b-eb80bbde282b

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-19-12

General

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

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Portrait photography -- Africa
Music
Ngala (African people)

Creator

Varella & Oliveira (Thysville)

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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. 1908

Container

Volume 2 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0932

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_ref2866
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d995a488-a8be-47a1-9e2b-eb80bbde282b
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087646-4

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