Congo Belge Femme Mayumbe, Tatouage Temvo
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-05-50
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- Creator
- Impriméries Réunies de Nancy
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Body arts
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Body marking -- Africa
- Creator
- Impriméries Réunies de Nancy
- Culture
- Yombe (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Condition
- Top right corner torn.
- Date
- ca. 1913
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1999-140008
- 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
- Translated postcard caption reads, "Belgian Congo. Mayumbe woman. Temvo tattoos."
- Manuscript message and address on verso. Postmark on verso, date reads: "14 · VII / 1913 [July 14, 1913]."
- Publisher's logo on verso: "Impr. Reunis de Nancy."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087580-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0