IDNO

P.7127.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Coronation of Ikite, warriors.

Place

C Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; northern Congo; Bopoto

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Smith, Kenred (Rev.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1895 - 1914

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collectionvon Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: A cut-out of this image and related text are published in Smith, K., 1920. Congoland: A Book for Young People (Carey Press, London) p.50, and captioned:
"Congo Warriors in War-Paint."
In the Author's Note, p.ix, Smith makes the acknowledgement:
"While most of the photographs have been taken with my own little camera, I am indebted for others to the kindness of several of my fellow missionaries in Congoland."
[Full text available at https://archive.org/details/congolandbookfor00smit, JD 21/2/2014]

Publication: The photograph has been digitised for the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP) and is accessible on the portal http://www.eclap.eu/drupal/. [SG 31/10/2012]