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Catalog Data

Creator:
P.A.  Search this
A. Bergeret & Cie. (Nancy)  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Vili (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo, Republic of the, -- Kouilou Region -- Loango
Date:
[ca. 1906]
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on recto reads: "Congo Français. Un médecin fiote à Loango."
Translated caption reads: "French Congo. A [native (Vili)] doctor in Loango."
Publisher' logo on recto: "Phot. A.B.&Cie; Nancy." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Cliché P. A."
Postmarked postage stamp on recto.
Publication caption: A Vili diviner in Loango, French Congo; [Congo Français. Un médecin fiote à Loango]; Photograph by P.A.; c. 1900, postcard, collotype; Publisher unknown, c. 1905, Postmarked 1906; EEPA Postcard Collection CF-18-1
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-18-01
Exhibitions Note:
"In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960," organized by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, December 6, 2002-March 16, 2003.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Medicine  Search this
Shamans  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140832
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7eccf1aa6-1084-4ef2-89d8-a0f0b2a63d19
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref2200