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Congo Français Congo Français - Types Bakois - Kouango

African Art Museum

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. Bakois types - Kouango women - Upper-Oubangui''. Group of people, composed of a man holding a spear in his left hand and three women with lipplugs and labrets. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref950

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e9b84b88-c0c8-4567-93da-9c9355cb9af2

Local Numbers

Audema 0500

General

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

Copy and Version Identification Note

Items EEPA 1985-140089-01, EEPA 1985-140090-01 and EEPA 1985-140090-02 bear duplicate recto images, though caption varies.

Place

Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)

Topic

Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa

Culture

Banda (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 1985-140089-01

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_ref950
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e9b84b88-c0c8-4567-93da-9c9355cb9af2
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087797-1

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