Congo Français Femme Boubou, en grande tenue
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CF-20-03
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Topic
- Portrait photography
- Body arts
- Costume
- Hairstyles -- Africa
- Provenance
- I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140670
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Collection Citation
- African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 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.
- Genre/Form
- Postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Printed caption on recto reads: "Congo Français. Femme Boubou, en grande tenue."
- Translated caption reads: "French Congo. "Boubou" woman, in full regalia."
- Postmarked: "Leopoldville, 28 September 1908;" and "Bruxelles Arrivee, 25 October 1908." Manuscript note on recto, postmarked postage stamp and address on verso.
- Recto image on item EEPA CF-20-03 is a cropped and edited version of the recto image on item EEPA CF-20-10.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087831-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0