Mangbetu Woman
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-20-73
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Portrait photography
- Hairstyles -- Africa
- Portrait photography
- Culture
- Mangbetu (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.)
- Date
- ca. 1952
- Container
- Volume 3 CG
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1019
- 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 text on verso reads: "Photo véritable."
- Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Elisabethville, le 15 octobre 1952. Très chers Maman, Antoine et Josée, Nous espérons que tout va toujours bien chez vous depuis la dernière lettre. Je vous remercie pour la jolie carte que vous m'avez envoyée pour mon anniversaire. Nous pensons toujours à vous et nous vous envoyons tous nos bons baisers. Bien le bonjour pour Tante et les enfants." Translated message reads: "Elisabethville, October 15 1952. Dear mother, Antoine and Josée, We hope that all is going well with you since the last letter. I thank you for the beautiful card you sent me for my birthday. We are thinking always of you and we send you all our special kisses. Greetings for aunt and the children."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087660-6
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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