Femme Momvu (Uele)
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-20-65
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Portrait photography
- Body arts
- Hairstyles -- Africa
- Culture
- Mamvu (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.)
- 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 2011-001-1012
- 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: "Femme Momvu (Uele)." Translated caption reads: "Momvu woman (Uele)."
- Printed text on verso reads: "État Indépendant du Congo."
- Manuscript date and signature on recto. Postmarked postage stamp on verso.
- Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Banana, 29-7-10. Ma chère Georgette, Au lieu d'avoir des grains de beauté sur la lèvre, cette chère personne a des "trous de beauté". Tu peux remarquer les beaux tatouages qu'elle porte sur le bras. C'est plus beau que les cicatrices de vaccination. Une caisse de baisers à se partager en famille." Translated message reads: "Banana,13-7-10. My dear Georgette, Instead of beauty spots on the lip, this dear person has "beautiful holes". You may observe the beautiful tattoos that she wears on the arm. It looks better than vaccination scars. A case of kisses to share among the family."
- Items EEPA CG-20-65 and EEPA CG-20-66 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087659-5
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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