Extent:

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

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Place:

Africa

Congo (Brazzaville)

Date:

ca. 1909

Scope and Contents:

Printed caption on recto reads: "Congo Français. La mort du chef Sangho: En exposition dans une chaise pliante."

Translated caption reads: "French Congo. The death of the Sangho Chief: On display in a folding chair."

Postmarks on recto and verso. 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. [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.]

Local Numbers:

EEPA CF-23-06

Provenance:

I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.

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:

Rites and ceremonies  Search this

Vernacular architecture  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 1985-140821

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/xo71193f945-2027-4965-9550-2535d08d886e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref2190