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Object Number 998-14-00/1.1.244
Display Title Bongassou to Bangui, wife of a party member
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "Bongassou to Bangui / The wife of one of our boys. / She became a source of dissension / among our / boys + was / dropped with / her husband."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Africa / French Equatorial Africa
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 × 8.5725 cm (2 1/4 × 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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Belgian Congo
French Equatorial Africa
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998-14-00/1.1.243 Bongassou to Bangui, party crossing a river
Belgian Congo
French Equatorial Africa
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998-14-00/1.1.247 Bongassou to Bangui, making camp at sunset
French Equatorial Africa
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Belgian Congo
French Equatorial Africa
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998-14-00/1.1.245 Bongassou to Bangui, watering every half hour
French Equatorial Africa
Belgian Congo
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998-14-00/1.1.246 Bongassou to Bangui, view of thatch-roofed building
French Equatorial Africa
Belgian Congo
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998-14-00/1.1.249 Bongassou to Bangui, "rubbering"
French Equatorial Africa
Belgian Congo
Three women standing on road from Bongassou to Bangui, the administrative capital of the enormous Ubanqui-Shari Province of French Equatorial Africa
998-14-00/1.1.241 Three women standing on road from Bongassou to Bangui, the administrative capital of the enormous Ubanqui-Shari Province of French Equatorial Africa
Belgian Congo
French Equatorial Africa
Two women standing on road from Bongassou to Bangui, the administrative capital of the enormous Ubanqui-Shari Province of French Equatorial Africa
998-14-00/1.1.242 Two women standing on road from Bongassou to Bangui, the administrative capital of the enormous Ubanqui-Shari Province of French Equatorial Africa
Belgian Congo
French Equatorial Africa
Bongassou to Bangui, passing by a village
998-14-00/1.1.251 Bongassou to Bangui, passing by a village
Belgian Congo
French Equatorial Africa
Party landing their truck on improvised ferry on Bongassou side, Ubangi River
998-14-00/1.1.236 Party landing their truck on improvised ferry on Bongassou side, Ubangi River
Belgian Congo
Party landing their truck on improvised ferry on Bongassou side, Ubangi River
998-14-00/1.1.237 Party landing their truck on improvised ferry on Bongassou side, Ubangi River
Belgian Congo