Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
[Rear view of unidentified woman with scarification]
ca. 1911
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 text on verso reads: "Congo Belge. Série II / Copyright N⁰ 9." Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads, "Présentes mes meilleurs à la famille, à l'occasion du renouvellement de l'année 1911." Translated accompanying text on verso reads, "Give my best to the family, for the new year 1911." Postmark on verso, date reads: "6 · II / 1912 [Feb. 6, 1912].".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1911
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Recorded subjects
- Body arts; Portrait photography -- Africa; Body marking -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0625
Collection: African Postcard Collection