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Congo Français Femme Boubou
ca. 1909
Africa; Congo (Brazzaville); Central African Republic
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Printed text on recto reads: "Congo Français. / Femme Boubou." Translated caption reads: "French Congo. / Boubou woman." Postmarked postage stamps on recto, date reads: "4 Avril 13." This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909 in a Ngbugu village nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River. [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.].
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 9: Central African Republic (CX)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1909
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Brazzaville); Central African Republic
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography -- Africa; Costume -- Africa; Hairstyles -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CX 2011-001-0469
Collection: African Postcard Collection