Two natives of Kamaroon, Congo and Masamba, who are distinguished by their facial and body scars
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CM-05-04
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Numbering Peculiarities Note
- Verso labeled with additional accession number: A1995-6-24.
- Creator
- Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Place
- Africa
- Cameroon
- Topic
- Body arts
- Scarification (Body marking)
- Creator
- Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., b&w, 8.5 x 14 cm.)
- Condition
- Corner torn.
- Date
- ca. 1933
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 1985-143002
- 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 text on recto reads: "Two natives of Kamaroon, Congo and Masamba, who are distinguished by their facial and body scars."
- Printed text on verso reads: "© 1933 'Darkest Africa' A Century of Progress Chicago."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087507-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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