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Couple with child from Feradje westward, a post in the Belgian Congo
Couple with child from Feradje westward, a post in the Belgian Congo
Object Number 998-14-00/1.1.103
Display Title Couple with child from Feradje westward, a post in the Belgian Congo
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "From Feradje west. The child's head / is artificially deformed, by way of beautification. / From Feradje westward, the growth becomes heavier and richer, and conditions more / and more damp and oppressive, as we approach the great equatorial forest - the / wet jungle, which covers hardly a quarter of the African continent."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
  • Sudan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Africa / Sudan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Album
Dimensions Overall: 8.5725 × 5.8738 cm (3 3/8 × 2 5/16 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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