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Object Number 998-14-00/1.2.75
Display Title People with canoe on the riverbank
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "On the edge of the Shari below Maffaling. The canoe is made from several strips of board sewn together."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire / <State> / <County> / Maffaling
Dimensions Overall: 8.5725 × 11.7475 cm (3 3/8 × 4 5/8 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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People with canoe on the riverbank
998-14-00/1.2.74 People with canoe on the riverbank
Maffaling
People and canoes on the riverbank
998-14-00/1.2.73 People and canoes on the riverbank
Maffaling
View across the Chari River flats
998-14-00/1.2.44 View across the Chari River flats
Belgian Congo
A person on the Chari River flats
998-14-00/1.2.45 A person on the Chari River flats
Belgian Congo
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
Katz and Katabasi in front of sandy bluffs on the shore of the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.69 Katz and Katabasi in front of sandy bluffs on the shore of the Chari River
Maffaling
A canoe pushing off into water
998-14-00/1.2.42 A canoe pushing off into water
Belgian Congo
French soldier's boat on Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.87 French soldier's boat on Chari River
Chad
French soldier's boat on the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.88 French soldier's boat on the Chari River
Chad
People carrying expedition baggage from village to river
998-14-00/1.2.39 People carrying expedition baggage from village to river
Belgian Congo