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Archival Materials
Arthur Pope photographic album
Creators:
Pope, Arthur.
Dates:
circa 1899-1900
Size:
57 Photographic prints (Photograph album)
Collection ID:
EEPA.2007-004
Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This album contains 57 photographic prints, dating from circa 1899-1900, depicting the indigenous peoples of the Belgian Congo (later known as Zaire and presently known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Subjects depicted include costumes, body arts (hairstyles and scarification), funerary rituals, weavers and blacksmiths. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Kasai, Kwango and Luba peoples.