Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
30. Mweka (Congo Belge) Femme et enfant Bakete
ca. 1930
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kasaï-Occidental Province -- Mweka
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 caption on verso reads: "30. Mweka (Congo Belge) / Femme et enfant Bakete." Translated postcard caption reads: "Mweka (Belgian Congo) / Bakete woman and child." Additional printed text on verso reads: "Copyright / Photo-Home / Léopoldville / (Fabrication Suisse.)" Items EEPA CG-20-131 and CG-20-132 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1930
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kasaï-Occidental Province -- Mweka
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography; Costume -- Africa; Children
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1068
Collection: African Postcard Collection