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Object Number 998-14-00/1.2.149
Display Title Rocky bluff
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "Maffaling/Face of the bluff."
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: 12.065 × 8.5725 cm (4 3/4 × 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
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
Pot in face of bluff
998-14-00/1.2.152 Pot in face of bluff
Mandjaffa
Pot in face of bluff
998-14-00/1.2.153 Pot in face of bluff
Mandjaffa
Media Restricted
998-14-00/1.2.155 Large pot and skeleton fragments in bluff
Mandjaffa
View of Maffaling from on the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.47 View of Maffaling from on the Chari River
Maffaling
Katz (on top of bluff) points to a buried pot
998-14-00/1.2.131 Katz (on top of bluff) points to a buried pot
Baleniere
Bluff or wall of excavation
998-14-00/1.2.162 Bluff or wall of excavation
Chad
Ledge in bluff from which pot was collected
998-14-00/1.2.154 Ledge in bluff from which pot was collected
Mandjaffa
Women fetching water
998-14-00/1.2.150 Women fetching water
Maffaling
A canoe pushing off into water
998-14-00/1.2.42 A canoe pushing off into water
Belgian Congo
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