Object Details
Photographer
Poirier, Léon
Specht, Georges
Creator
Expédition Citroën Centre-Afrique (1924-1925)
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Nobosodrou, a Mangbetu woman in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Photograph by Leon Poirier and Georges Specht during the French Citroen Expedition through Africa. March, 1925. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Printed recto caption reads: "La Croisière Noire / Femme d'un chef Mangbetu (Congo Belge)." Translated postcard caption reads: "The Black Cruise / Wife of a Mangbetu chief."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Expèdition Citroen - Centre Afrique / Deuxième Mission Haardt-Audouin Dubreuil." Translated additional text reads: "Citroen expedition - Central Africa. Second mission Haardt-Audouin Dubreuil."
Item EEPA CG-20-75 published with the following caption: "Mangbetu woman Nobosodrou, wife of Mangbetu king Touba, Niangara, Belgian Congo." Photograph by Léon Poirier and Georges Specht during the French Citroen Expedition through Africa. March, 1925.
Items EEPA CG-20-75 and EEPA CG-20-76 are duplicate postcards.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CG-20-76
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.
See Also
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Orientale Province, Niangara (3.7, 27.86667)
Interactive maps
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Niangara
Topic
Portrait photography
Hairstyles -- Africa
Provenance
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
Photographer
Poirier, Léon
Specht, Georges
Creator
Expédition Citroën Centre-Afrique (1924-1925)
Culture
Mangbetu (African people)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
Extent
1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Date
1925
Container
Volume 3 CG
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1021
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.
Bibliography
Geary, Christraud, M. "In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960," London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2002, p. 49.
Genre/Form
Postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref2951
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EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087661-1