Congo Français Morceaux d'elephant

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.

Pieces of an elephant, French Congo, now the Republic of the Congo; photographer unknown, ca. 1910; publisher unknown. Original caption reads, "Congo Francais. Morceaux d'elephant." This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909-1910 nearby Bangui in the Oubangui River, as recorded by the Museum of Quai Branly in Paris. [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. 1909

Recorded places

Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)

Recorded subjects

Hunting

Format and extent

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

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