Congo Français Baran-Baki et une de ses femmes

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 text on recto reads: "Congo Français. / Baran-Baki et une de ses femmes." Translated postcard caption reads: "French Congo. Baran-Baki and one of his wives." This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River, between January or February 1910 during Barambakié's detention in Mobaye. Barambakié was a Vidri chief (Banda tribe) who revolted against the French in 1907. Barambakié's wife could be either Naé (a Tambago) or Ouapi (a Banda). Both of them accompanied Barambakié to Mobaye. [Provided by Juan Fandos-Ruis and Didier Carité] [Sources: Bradshaw, Richard and Juan Fandos-Rius, "Béchaud, Augustee (1874-1912)" in Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic, 111. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, New Editions 2016. Carité, Didier, Auguste Béchaud, photographe-soldat en Afrique centrale 1909-1912, 2009.].

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)

Catalog date

ca. 1910

Recorded places

Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)

Recorded subjects

Portrait photography; Costume; Body arts

Format and extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

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