A black and white art linoleum cut on Japanese paper by Samella Sanders Lewis. Roughly two-thirds of the print is black, intersected by a wave-like bottom half of white that shows black lined striations. At the center, which appears as a rounding pinnacle,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.46.3
A diptych of two (2) oil paintings in an abstract expressionist style, featuring white and black faces depicted in thick brushstrokes and bold shapes with strong, swirling lines covering the canvases in a palette of black, red and tan. Each canvas is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.175ab
A large conga drum with a brown shell. In absence of belly bands, the shell has three pairs of lines engraved around. The shell also has abrasions and scraches. All metal pieces, the handle, tuning lugs, and rim, are chrome. The rim, in its traditional…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2020.52.1.1
A large conga drum with a brown shell and five silver belly bands. The shell also has abrasions and scratches. All metal pieces, the handle, tuning lugs, and rim, are chrome. The handle is deteriorating and the rim, in its traditional fashion, is flat and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2020.52.1.2
Translated postcard caption reads, " Belgian Congo. Basoko. Weaving of baskets used to transport rubber." Manuscript address and message on verso. Postmarks on verso. Postmark date reads: "16 Aout 192..." Manuscript message on verso reads: "Mon cher Oncle…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1994-007-0003
Printed caption on recto reads: "35. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo / Boma / Le marché / De markt." Translated postcard caption reads, "Belgian Congo. Boma. The market." Postmarks and printed postage stamp on verso. Manuscript date and address on verso, date…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0925
Translated postcard caption reads, "63. Belgian Congo. The Ruzizi river." Printed text on recto reads: "63. Congo Belge - Belgisch Congo / La Ruzizi. - De Ruzizi." Postage stamp printed on verso. Manuscript date and address on verso, date reads: "le…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0844
Printed caption on recto reads: "Congo-Belge. -- N. 30. -- Village indigène près de Stanleyville." Translated postcard caption reads: "Belgian Congo. -- No. 30. -- Native village near Stanleyville." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edit. -…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1139
Printed caption on verso reads: "Mission des Filles de la Charité à Nsona-Mbata / Missie van de Dochters der Liefde te Nsona-Mbata. / La leçon de couture. / Aan het naaimachien." Translated caption reads: "Congo; Church of the Mission of S. Salvador of the…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2008-019-0007
Printed caption on recto reads: "Congo. - Famille de coupeur de fruits de palmier." Translated postcard caption reads: "Congo. - Family of palm-fruits cutters.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1182
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo. 9. Loudima - Niari''. General overview of Loudima. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema. Manuscript on verso, date reads: "27.5.14." Postmarked postage stamp on recto, postmark on verso.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140003
Printed text on recto reads: "Congo Français. / Baran-Baki et une de ses femmes." Translated postcard caption reads: "French Congo. Baran-Baki and one of his wives." This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River, between…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140722
Printed text on recto reads: "Congo Français. / Belle-mère Boubou." Translated caption reads: "French Congo. / Boubou mother-in-law." This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909 in a Ngbugu village nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River. The woman has…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CX 2011-001-0467
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo - Camping in the Moundji Valley''. Upper left corner postmarked stamp, signature in the lower right corner. Verso postmarked stamp reads: '' 25 JUIL 0? POSTES - CONGO FRANCAIS''. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140005
Printed text on recto reads: "Congo Francais. Coiffure de femme Boubou." Translated caption reads: "French Congo. Boubou woman's hairstyle." Manuscript message and address on verso. Postmark on verso. Postmarked postage stamp on recto.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CX 2011-001-0448
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo. Mr. Ferrière's Rubber Plantation, settler on the Léfini''. In the foreground, rubber trunks and workers in the background. Recto upper right side reads: [LOUKOLE]. Recto upper left side reads: [Amitiés. Signature].…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140054
