Various activities in several different Congo tribes.

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Object Number 63-25-00/2

Display Title Various activities in several different Congo tribes.

Descriptions

Object Description Sixty-five gelatin silver prints mounted on boards with narrative text divided into three volumes. Images are of various activities in several different Congo tribes including; retrieving honey, the Mangbetu practice of head binding, bridge making, fishing, warriors and canoes (see also Putnam's notes, correspondence, and articles in Collections x-file).

Inventory Description Gelatin silver prints

Department Photographic

Artist Patrick T. L. Putnam

Culture

Bira
Mangbetu
Watusi
Songola
Pygmies

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Rwanda
Africa / Zaire / Kisangani

Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Board

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