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9. Sur le Congo Les femmes apportent de la paille pour confectionner les toitures des cases
[ca. 1913]
Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)
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: "9. Sur le Congo. - Les femmes apportent de la paille pour confectionner les toitures des cases." Translated caption reads: "9. On the Congo. - Women bring straw to make the roofs of huts." Postmarked postage stamp on recto. Manuscript date on recto, manuscript address on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1913]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)
- Recorded subjects
- Households; Labor; Vernacular architecture; Transportation
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 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 CF 1985-140864
Collection: African Postcard Collection