Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Congo Femme Bangala
ca. 1901
Africa; Congo (Democratic 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 caption on recto reads: "Congo. - Femme Bangala." Translated postcard caption reads: "Congo. - Bangala Woman." Manuscript on recto; date reads: "le 27-9-01." Manuscript address and postmarked postage stamp on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1901
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography; Ngala (African people)
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., monochrome, 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 2011-001-1049
Collection: African Postcard Collection