[Congo Français La mort du chef Sangho: En exposition dans une chaise pliante

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: "Congo Français. La mort du chef Sangho: En exposition dans une chaise pliante." Translated caption reads: "French Congo. The death of the Sangho Chief: On display in a folding chair." Items EEPA CF-23-05 and EEPA CF-23-06 are duplicate postcards. This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909 in a Sango village nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River. [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

Rites and ceremonies

Format and extent

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

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