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Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances - Femmes Boubous- Région de Mabaye - Haut Oubangui

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Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances - Femmes Boubous- Région de Mabaye - Haut Oubangui
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Object Details

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Boubous women. Mabaye region - Upper Oubangui.'' Two women side to side wearing beads necklace and cache-sexe. One facing front, the other one turned back wearing a long poney-tail and earings. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref941

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71ff8061e-27e3-450b-8ae4-8b9537c56d33

General

Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.

Place

Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)

Topic

Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Hairstyles -- Africa

Culture

Hemba (African people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF) / Audema

Extent

1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

Date

[ca. 1905]

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140082-02

Type

Archival materials
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_ref941
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71ff8061e-27e3-450b-8ae4-8b9537c56d33
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087795-3

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