Danses Pygmées No 2
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-19-23
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- See Also
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Orientale Province, Epulu (1.39582, 28.57788)
- Interactive maps
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Epulu
- Topic
- Music
- Rites and ceremonies
- Culture
- okapi
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w., 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1930
- Container
- Volume 2 CG
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0943
- 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 postcard caption reads: "Danses Pygmées No 2 / Hotel du domaine des Okapis Epulu Congo Belge. Km 456 Rte Ituri - Kivu." Translated postcard caption reads, "Pygmy dances No 2."
- Manuscript message and address on verso, address painted over in black ink, message reads: "Mon cher Jean, Voici une vue des pigmées que j'ai vu hier à Epulu, aujourd'hui nous sommes au mont Iboyo. Il fait ici vraiment beau et ce qui ne gâte rien on y mange bien. Je suis cependant encore bien mordue aux jambes et aux pieds. Nous venons d'assister dans la forêt a des danses par des pygmées. C'est un voyage vraiment intéressant." Translated message reads: "My dear Jean, This is a view of the pygmies whom I saw yesterday in Epulu. Today we are on Mount Iboyo. The weather here is really nice and what's not bad we eat well. I am however still much fitter on the legs and feet. We just watched in the forest pygmy dances. It is really an interesting trip."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Hotel du domaine des Okapis Epulu Congo Belge / Prop.: Mr et Mme Jean David / Km 456 Rte Ituri - Kivu D.Sp. Stanleyville C.B."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087648-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0