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A travers le Congo.... Danseuse Lenge

African Art Museum

A travers le Congo.... Danseuse Lenge
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Object Details

Creator

Gobel & Compagnie

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Translated postcard caption reads, "Across the Congo...Lenge dancer." Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Un grand bonjour de Léo." Translated message reads, "A great good day from Léo."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Editions Gobel & Compagnie Leopoldville Congo Belge."
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79a6000cb-8bf7-4e42-996c-f58d19d3bcd0

General

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

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Costume -- Africa
Dance

Creator

Gobel & Compagnie

Culture

Chopi (African people)

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

Extent

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

Date

ca. 1930

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG-08-12

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_ref3536
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79a6000cb-8bf7-4e42-996c-f58d19d3bcd0
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087762-1

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