Congo Français Femmes "Sanghos."

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. Femmes 'Sanghos'." Translated caption reads: "French Congo. 'Sangho' women." Postmarked postage stamps on recto, manuscript message and address on verso. This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909 in a Sango village nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River. Two Sangho women wear typical scarifications on their abdomen, chest and arms. They both have hair garmented with beads called bayaka. [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

Portrait photography; Body arts; Costume; Hairstyles -- Africa

Format and extent

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

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