Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri type - Lower Kouango''. Young man holding a spear in his right hand, beads necklaces and feathers in his headband. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
Collection Restrictions:
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Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri type - Banks of the Oubangui''. Young man holding a knife in his left hand, wearing bead necklaces and headband. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
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Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri group - Kouango region''. Group of young warriors with shields and spears. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
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Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri village on the banks of the Oubanghi''. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
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Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri woman - Kotto region -Upper-Oubangui''. Profile woman with cicatrice in her upper left arm, beads necklaces and head ornaments. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
Collection Restrictions:
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Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri woman - Kotto region -Upper-Oubangui''. Profile woman with cicatrice in her upper left arm, beads necklaces and head ornaments. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
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.
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri type- Lower-Kouango''. Profile young man holding a spear with feathers in his hair and beads necklace. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
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.
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri type- Lower-Kouango''. Profile young man holding a spear with feathers in his hair and beads necklace. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
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.
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri civilized woman''. Young woman wearing shirt and blouse. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
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.
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri types- Oubangui''. Couple with their baby. Man holding a spear, feathers in his head, woman with headband wearing a cache-sexe holding the baby, in the background, cabins. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
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.
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri types- Oubangui''. Couple with their baby. Man holding a spear, feathers in his head, woman with headband wearing a cache-sexe holding the baby, in the background, cabins. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
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.
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri woman- Hairstyle made with pearls called Bayakas ''. Profile of a woman wearing bracelets and bead and shell necklaces. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
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Collection Rights:
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Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - Banziri young girl''. Profile of a young girl with bracelets and necklaces, ornaments in her headband. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
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Printed caption on recto reads: "98. Congo Français / Conservatoire de Musique de Banziris / Joueurs de Ballophon."
Translated caption reads: "98. French Congo / Banziri Music Conservatory / Balo Players."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Mission Catholique de Brazzaville."
Postmarks on recto and verso; manuscript note on recto, address on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-19-03
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Printed text on recto reads: "[Coif]fure ave perles, des Banzyris."
Translated caption reads: "Hairstyle with beads, Banziri ."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Collection L. Martin."
Postmarked postage stamps on recto, date reads: "8 Sept 13." Printed text on recto partially obscured by postage stamps.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CX-20-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Translated caption reads: ''French Congo and Territories - A Banziri pirogue - Upper Oubanghi ''. Paddlers and leader in the canoe. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Image indexed by negative number.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Photographs made and collected by Alexis B. McMullen documenting peoples and culture in West Africa. The images created by McMullen and Captain D. B. McCloskey depict ceremonies at Kibib honoring Ofori Atta, a chief in the Central Province of the Gold Coast; a dance to the god of the sea at Teshi; and fishing boats and equipment. Additionally, the collection contains photographic postcards collected by McMullen and made by Casimir Zagourski, Leopoldville, and Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast. These show African "types," a Bwake female circumcision ceremony (please note contains graphic images of circumcision), scarification (cicatrization), African animals (including giraffes, elephants, and a hippopotamus), agriculture, dances, and musical instruments. Depicted West African peoples include the Ashanti, Bangala, Banziri, Hausa, Kuba, Kumu, Mangbetu, Mputu and Tutsi.
Biographical/Historical note:
Colonel Alexis B. McMullen participated in American aviation activities for about 50 years. During World War II, he was the commanding officer of a United States Air Corps Air Transport Command (ATC) base in Accra, Ghana (then the Gold Coast).
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 90-14
Location of Other Archival Materials:
The National Air and Space Museum Archives Division holds the Colonel Alexis B. McMullen Collection, 1915-1983, documenting McMullen's aviation career and interests.
Additional Zagourski photographs can be found in the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives in EEPA 1987-0024 and the EEPA Postcard Collection.
Photo Lot 90-14, Colonel Alexis B. McMullen photograph and postcard collection relating to West Africa, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
