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La Croisière Noire Femme d'un chef Mangbetu (Congo Belge)

Catalog Data

Photographer:
Poirier, Léon  Search this
Specht, Georges  Search this
Creator:
Expédition Citroën Centre-Afrique (1924-1925)  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Container:
Volume 3 CG
Culture:
Mangbetu (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Niangara
Date:
1925
Scope and Contents:
Printed recto caption reads: "La Croisière Noire / Femme d'un chef Mangbetu (Congo Belge)." Translated postcard caption reads: "The Black Cruise / Wife of a Mangbetu chief."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Expèdition Citroen - Centre Afrique / Deuxième Mission Haardt-Audouin Dubreuil." Translated additional text reads: "Citroen expedition - Central Africa. Second mission Haardt-Audouin Dubreuil."
Item published with the following caption: "Mangbetu woman Nobosodrou, wife of Mangbetu king Touba, Niangara, Belgian Congo." Photograph by Léon Poirier and Georges Specht during the French Citroen Expedition through Africa. March, 1925.
Items EEPA CG-20-75 and EEPA CG-20-76 are duplicate postcards.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CG-20-75
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.
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:
Portrait photography  Search this
Hairstyles -- Africa  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 CG 1999-140017
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo763ab9709-d399-49af-bda2-dbb8ef603064
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref2473