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Object Number
998-14-00/1.3.43
Display Title
Sultan Goulfei and Katz reflected in a mirror
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on album page: "His Highness and Katz reflected in an admirable mirror. Goulfei is a Moslem village in touch with the Moslem cultures of Nigeria and West Africa, and it may have been from the west that the mirror came. The sultan [...] immensely proud of it."
Department
Photographic
Date
1927-1928
Artist
Milton Katz
Culture
- Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
/
Tuscany
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Goulfei
Africa / Belgian Congo
Africa / Belgian Congo
Materials
Print, black and white on Album
Dimensions
Overall: 11.43 × 8.89 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Vivian Katz and Family of Milton Katz
Provenance
Collector
Milton Katz
(1927-1928)
Intermediary
David Warrington
Donor
Vivian Katz
(5/8/98)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 998-14-00/1.3.39 | Sultan Goulfei of Goulfei |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.42 | Sultan Goulfei of Goulfei laughing |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.26 | View from the roof of the two-story house of the sultan of Goulfei |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.136 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.137 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.139 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.138 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.141 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.140 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.143 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.142 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.145 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo |