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Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances - Femmes Boubous- Région de Mabaye - Haut Oubangui
[ca. 1905]
Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)
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.
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.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF) / Audema
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1905]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography -- Africa; Costume -- Africa; Hairstyles -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140082-01
Collection: African Postcard Collection