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Object Number 998-14-00/1.2.42
Display Title A canoe pushing off into water
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "Pushing off to the village north of Maffaling, further on the opposite bank."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Village of Maffaling
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
People with canoe on the riverbank
998-14-00/1.2.75 People with canoe on the riverbank
Maffaling
People with canoe on the riverbank
998-14-00/1.2.74 People with canoe on the riverbank
Maffaling
Women fetching water
998-14-00/1.2.150 Women fetching water
Maffaling
Woman carrying water, storage jars in background
998-14-00/1.2.58 Woman carrying water, storage jars in background
Maffaling
Seminole pushing canoe through saw grass
2004.29.6273 Seminole pushing canoe through saw grass
Florida
People carrying wood for canoe to Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.38 People carrying wood for canoe to Chari River
Belgian Congo
Group of people and sections of wood for a canoe
998-14-00/1.2.36 Group of people and sections of wood for a canoe
Belgian Congo
People carrying wood for canoe to Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.37 People carrying wood for canoe to Chari River
Belgian Congo
Five Inuit men pushing a wooden boat into the water
2004.29.3157 Five Inuit men pushing a wooden boat into the water
Labrador
View of a village from across a river
998-14-00/1.2.124 View of a village from across a river
Mandjaffa
View of Maffaling from on the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.47 View of Maffaling from on the Chari River
Maffaling
View across the Chari River flats
998-14-00/1.2.44 View across the Chari River flats
Belgian Congo