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Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances - Groupe de femme Bossiébas - Région du Mouny

[ca. 1905]

Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)

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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 - Bossiebas group of women - Mouny region''. Women wearing ornaments and jewellery. In the second row, two women holding palm branches, in a third row, a woman standing on a stool, palm trees in the background. Recto upper left corner postmarked stamp, lower right corner reads: '' un autre genre de collection. signature . 29/11 1919''. Translated lower right corner: ''Another kind of collection. Signature not readable. 29/11 1919.'' Verso postmarked reads:''25 nov ?. Congo Français-Brazzaville. Monsieur Baratier. Lieutenant-Colonel du 8eme Chasseurs. Auxome Cote d'Or.'' 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
Format and extent
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140098-01

Collection: African Postcard Collection

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