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Creator:
Holy Ghost Fathers  Search this
Louys Bauer (Dijon)  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo, Republic of the, -- Kouilou Region -- Loango
Date:
ca. 1920
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on recto reads: "Loango -- Le Bouïti: Dieu de la Vengeance.."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Loango - The Bwiti: God of Vengeance."
Printed text on verso reads: "Aidez le Missions des Pères du St.-Esprit; Abonnez-vous à leaurs "Annales" - 10 fr.;Père Briault C. C. 611-49, 30, Rue Lhomond, Paris (5 arr.); Edition 'Spiritus'; Imp. Louys Bauer -Dijon."
Manuscript message on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-03-05
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Works of art in situ  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 2013-001-0477
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo728b7a524-37ab-4378-aff2-a58fd38268ca
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref2291