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Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 8.8 x 13.8 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Central African Republic
Date:
ca. 1909
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on recto reads: "Congo Français. / Femmes et enfants Boubous."
Translated caption reads: "French Congo. / Boubous women and children."
Postmarked postage stamp on recto. Manuscript message and address on verso. Postmark on verso.
This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909 in a Ngbugu village nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River. There is a woman at rest, sitting on a wood bed called krékoi (pronounced "creakwaw" in English. The whole group is posing in front of a typical Ngbugu hut. [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 CX-12-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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:
Households -- Africa  Search this
Portrait photography -- Africa  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture 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 CX 2011-001-0452
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 9: Central African Republic (CX)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74b151718-9b7a-4388-94d7-66a78286bb30
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref3756