Native N'goma
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-08-26
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Dance
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Costume -- Africa
- Provenance
- Julian Dunn, Purchase; EEPA 1993-013
- Culture
- Ngombe (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Condition
- Double exposure with indistinct second image.
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-013-0024
- 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
- Text on recto reads: "Native Ngoma / WA DLES M'SA."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087562-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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