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L'Afrique Qui Disparait! Province de l'Equateur. Coiffure = Province of the Equator, Hair-Dressing
[ca. 1920]
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.
Postcard image of a young women's coiffure, Province of the Equator, Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Photograph by Casimir d'Ostoja Zagourski, between 1926-1937. Original caption reads: "L'Afrique Qui Disparait! 32. Province de l'Equateur. Le repos; Province of the Equator. Rest; 2e Serie, Photogr. C. Zagourski, Leopoldville; Reproduction Interdite.".
- Collection
- Casimir Zagourski photographs
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1920]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Zagourski, Casimir
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1987-024, Item EEPA 1987-242032
Collection: Casimir Zagourski photographs
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