Fishing scaffolding near the falls of the Tshopo River at sunset, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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.

Accompanying text reads, " Falls of the Tshopo River at sunset. The scaffolding holds fishing nets. During the rebellion, so many corpses were thrown in the river here that people did not eat fish for a month.".

Collection

Wyatt MacGaffey photographs

Catalog date

1980

Recorded places

Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)

Cataloged creator or photographer

MacGaffey, Wyatt

Recorded subjects

Natural landscapes

Format and extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

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