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Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances - Type Bongo - Rivière Kouango

African Art Museum

Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances - Type Bongo - Rivière Kouango
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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 - Type Bongo - Kouango River''. Young man wearing a hair ornaments, lipplug in his upper lip and labret in his lower lip. Recto postmarked stamps reads: ''13.?.09. Brazzaville. Congo Français.'' Manuscript on verso reads: ''Brazzaville 2-8-09. Signature: L. Rémy. Addressed to: ''Monsieur L. Rémy - 38 bis rue Fabert - Paris''. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref959

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72feab13d-a17d-4923-a5c1-61f18de26f1c

General

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

Place

Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)

Topic

Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Body arts

Provenance

JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase

Culture

Bongo (African people)

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

Extent

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

Date

[ca. 1909]

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140094-01

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_ref959
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72feab13d-a17d-4923-a5c1-61f18de26f1c
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087798-4

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