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Object Number
998-14-00/1.1.110
Display Title
Women posing for photograph in Ekibondo village
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on album page: "Mangbetu women are prized by males of / other tribes for their beauty and spirit, / and were presumably prime subjects of capture / by marauding expeditions in the brave old / days. The Belgian Govt. has stopped that / sort of thing. / Village of Ekibondo"
Department
Photographic
Date
1927-1928
Artist
Milton Katz
Culture
- Central and Equatorial African styles
- Mangbetu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Africa / Congo / <State> / <County> / <City> / Ekibondo
Africa / Congo / <State> / <County> / <City> / Ekibondo
Materials
Print, black and white adhered to Album
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9375 × 10.4775 cm (3 1/8 × 4 1/8 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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