La veillée du mort chez les Bateke
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-23-04
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- Creator
- Expédition Maes
- Thill, Ernest (Brussels)
- Nells (Brussels)
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Provenance
- Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000178360; 20090630 EEPA 2009-010
- Creator
- Expédition Maes
- Thill, Ernest (Brussels)
- Nells (Brussels)
- Culture
- Teke (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Container
- Volume 3 CG
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2009-010-0017
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Picture 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
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Printed caption on verso reads: "La veillée du mort chez les Bateke / Het doodenbewaken bij de Bateke." Translated postcard caption reads: "Death's vigil among the Bateke."
- Publisher's logo on verso: "Nels." Additional printed text on verso reads: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles," and "Document Musée Congo. Photo Expédition Maes."
- Items EEPA CG-22-05 and EEPA CG-22-06 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087586-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0