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Object Number 998-14-00/1.3.191
Display Title Man standing next to a large pot
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "The pot is supposed to have been made by the same giant Sao, who built the tower at Goulfei"
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms Dikwa
Dimensions Overall: 12.065 × 8.5725 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/8 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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View from a tower superposed on a mound
998-14-00/1.3.27 View from a tower superposed on a mound
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Belgian Congo
Sultan Goulfei and Katz reflected in a mirror
998-14-00/1.3.43 Sultan Goulfei and Katz reflected in a mirror
Goulfei
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Vassals of Goulfei of Goulfei, joining him at the close of Ramadan
998-14-00/1.3.120 Vassals of Goulfei of Goulfei, joining him at the close of Ramadan
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Vassals of Goulfei of Goulfei, joining him at the close of Ramadan
998-14-00/1.3.119 Vassals of Goulfei of Goulfei, joining him at the close of Ramadan
Goulfei
Belgian Congo
Market
998-14-00/1.3.68 Market
Belgian Congo
Goulfei
Market
998-14-00/1.3.69 Market
Goulfei
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Women's dance
998-14-00/1.3.50 Women's dance
Belgian Congo
Goulfei
Women's dance
998-14-00/1.3.51 Women's dance
Belgian Congo
Goulfei
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998-14-00/1.1.55 Dinka children standing next to stacked wood pile, wood used as fuel for Nile River steamer
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Shilluk children posing for photograph, near the Nile River
998-14-00/1.1.14 Shilluk children posing for photograph, near the Nile River
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Maiobakaka, the sub-chief of Goulfei
998-14-00/1.3.17 Maiobakaka, the sub-chief of Goulfei
Belgian Congo
Goulfei
Sultan Goulfei of Goulfei
998-14-00/1.3.39 Sultan Goulfei of Goulfei
Belgian Congo
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