Congo Français Congo Français - Guerrier Pahouin- Yeuoi-Ogooué
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- Audema 0205
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Image indexed by negative number.
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Topic
- Portraits
- Provenance
- JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
- Culture
- Fang (West 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]
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140029
- Type
- Archival materials
- 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.
- Bibliography
- Duplicate postcard published in MacDougall, David, "The Corporeal Image: Film, Ethnography, and the Senses," Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 182.
- Genre/Form
- Postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Translated caption reads: ''French Congo. Pahouin- Yeuoi-Ogooué warrior''. Left profile of a young warrior wearing body and head ornaments and holding a spear with his two hands. Verso reads: [ Castries, le 15. Monsieur, J'ai le regret de vous annoncer la mort de M. Jean Auverna et promet tout renseignement. Je peux vous envoyer la carte qui a servit de ...? pour le timbre, car je l'ai mais je ne sais pas...] Translated verso reads: ''Castries, 15,. Sir, I have the regret to announce you the death of Mr. Jean Auverna and will forward to you any information. I can send you the postcard which served as ...? for the stamp, because I have it but I do not know...'' Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087783-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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