Congo Français - Scène de Fétichisme chez les Bavilis
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- Audema 0086
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Additional Physical Form available Note
- B&w copy negative in cold vault.
- Creator
- Audema, Jean, 1864-1936
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Topic
- Rites and ceremonies
- Creator
- Audema, Jean, 1864-1936
- Culture
- Vili (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF) / Audema
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1905]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140011
- 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.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- B&w copy negative in cold vault.
- Genre/Form
- Postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Translated caption reads: ''French Congo. Scene of Fetichism in the Bavilis country''. In the foreground statuettes on the ground, sorcerer holding statuette in his left hand and a stick in his right hand, ornaments around his neck. Behind him two musicians and children in the background.Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087779-5
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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