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Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances - Groupe de femme Bossiébas - Région du Mouny
[ca. 1905]
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.
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Bossiebas group of women - Mouny region''. Women wearing ornaments and jewellery. In the second row, two women holding palm branches, in a third row, a woman standing on a stool, palm trees in the background. Recto upper left corner postmarked stamp, lower right corner reads: '' un autre genre de collection. signature . 29/11 1919''. Translated lower right corner: ''Another kind of collection. Signature not readable. 29/11 1919.'' Verso postmarked reads:''25 nov ?. Congo Français-Brazzaville. Monsieur Baratier. Lieutenant-Colonel du 8eme Chasseurs. Auxome Cote d'Or.'' Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF) / Audema
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1905]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140098-01
Collection: African Postcard Collection