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 text on recto reads: "Congo Français. / Femmes et enfants Boubous."
Translated caption reads: "French Congo. / Boubous women and children."
Postmarked postage stamp on recto. Manuscript message and address on verso. Postmark on verso.
This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909 in a Ngbugu village nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River. There is a woman at rest, sitting on a wood bed called krékoi (pronounced "creakwaw" in English. The whole group is posing in front of a typical Ngbugu hut. [Provided by Juan Fandos-Ruis and Didier Carité] [Sources: Bradshaw, Richard and Juan Fandos-Rius, "Béchaud, Augustee (1874-1912)" in Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic, 111. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, New Editions 2016. Carité, Didier, Auguste Béchaud, photographe-soldat en Afrique centrale 1909-1912, 2009.]
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Local Numbers
EEPA CX-12-01
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Place
Africa
Central African Republic
Topic
Households -- Africa
Portrait photography -- Africa
Provenance
I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 9: Central African Republic (CX)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 8.8 x 13.8 cm.)
Date
ca. 1909
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CX 2011-001-0452
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.
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Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087542-4