Congo Français Trous d'oreilles Sacomas
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CF-20-25
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Topic
- Portrait photography
- Body arts
- Costume
- 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. 1909]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140702
- 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. / Trous d'oreilles Sacomas."
- Translated caption reads: "French Congo. Sacoma ear plugs."
- Postmarked postage stamps on recto and verso.
- This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909 of Yakoma people nearby nearby Mobaye in the Oubangui River. This man has scarifications on his abdomen, chest, and arms. He also has keloids on his forehead. [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.]
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087833-5
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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