Congo Français Congo Français - Femme Bangla - Tatouages de face
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- Audema 0277
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Image indexed by negative number.
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Topic
- Body arts
- Ngala (African people)
- Provenance
- JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
- 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 1985-140041
- 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.
- Genre/Form
- Postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Translated caption reads: ''French Congo. Bangala woman. Front tattoos.'' Bare torso woman, with cicatrices running down to her belly button. Two crosses shape above her breasts. Horizontal cicatrices on her tummy. Cicatrices on her forehead. Scarf attached around her waist. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087785-6
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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