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Congo Français Congo Français - Type Bangla - Haut- Congo
[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. Bangala type - Upper-Congo.'' Bare torso man, with cicatrices running down to his belly button and his forehead, holding two spears in his right hand. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema. Photographer's signature on image.
- 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
- Body arts; Ngala (African people)
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140042
Collection: African Postcard Collection