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Boma Groupe d'indigenes du Mayumbe

African Art Museum

Boma Groupe d'indigenes du Mayumbe
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Object Details

Creator

C. Van Cortenbergh Fils (Brussels)
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 caption on recto reads: "Boma. Groupe d'indigenes du Mayumbe." Translated postcard caption reads: "Boma. Group of Mayumbe natives."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edit. C. Van Cortenbergh Fils, Bruxelles."
Manuscript signature on recto, manuscript address on verso. Postmark on verso.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3068

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f42918ad-7357-42c0-9f10-fa1c14f5864f

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-24-33

General

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

See Also

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bas-Congo Province, Boma (-5.847936, 13.056049)
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Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Boma

Topic

Portrait photography
Travel
Transportation

Creator

C. Van Cortenbergh Fils (Brussels)
Nells (Brussels)

Culture

Yombe (African people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., handcolored, 9 x 14 cm.)

Date

ca. 1905

Container

Volume 3 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1136

Type

Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture 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

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref3068
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f42918ad-7357-42c0-9f10-fa1c14f5864f
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087681-1

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