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Danses Pygmées No 2

African Art Museum

Object Details

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: "Danses Pygmées No 2 / Hotel du domaine des Okapis Epulu Congo Belge. Km 456 Rte Ituri - Kivu." Translated postcard caption reads, "Pygmy dances No 2."
Manuscript message and address on verso, address painted over in black ink, message reads: "Mon cher Jean, Voici une vue des pigmées que j'ai vu hier à Epulu, aujourd'hui nous sommes au mont Iboyo. Il fait ici vraiment beau et ce qui ne gâte rien on y mange bien. Je suis cependant encore bien mordue aux jambes et aux pieds. Nous venons d'assister dans la forêt a des danses par des pygmées. C'est un voyage vraiment intéressant." Translated message reads: "My dear Jean, This is a view of the pygmies whom I saw yesterday in Epulu. Today we are on Mount Iboyo. The weather here is really nice and what's not bad we eat well. I am however still much fitter on the legs and feet. We just watched in the forest pygmy dances. It is really an interesting trip."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Hotel du domaine des Okapis Epulu Congo Belge / Prop.: Mr et Mme Jean David / Km 456 Rte Ituri - Kivu D.Sp. Stanleyville C.B."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2877

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7779dbb08-f844-44b5-a218-9a95c0d24286

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-19-23

General

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

See Also

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Orientale Province, Epulu (1.39582, 28.57788)
Interactive maps

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Epulu

Topic

Music
Rites and ceremonies

Culture

okapi

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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. 1930

Container

Volume 2 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0943

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_ref2877
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7779dbb08-f844-44b5-a218-9a95c0d24286
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087648-4

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