Congo Français Congo Français - Femme Missangha (Bsse Sangha)

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. Missangha woman (Lower Sangha)''. Woman wearing bone necklace and headband with ornaments. Recto upper right side stamp. Verso reads:[Debordeville 7/12/06. Bonne année. Amitié. Signature. Adresse: Madame M. Borger pour Mademoiselle Marthe 83 rue des Entrepreneurs Paris XVeme]. Translated verso reads: ''Debordeville 7/12/06. Happy New Year. Sincerely. Signature not readable. Address: Mrs. M. Borger c/o Miss Marthe 83 rue des Entrepreneurs Paris XVeme''. Stamped: [7 DEC 06 CONGO FRANCAIS]. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema Uncropped version of recto image used for item EEPA 140047, Audema postcard no. 289, in which subject is identified as belonging to the cultural group Teke, or "Batéké.".

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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