IDNO

P.7149.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Three women decorated."

Three Bopoto young women wearing large beaded? collars, sashes and girdles. On the bottom of the girdles are attached metal bells. The women also wear iron wrist and ankle ornaments.
Two of the women are posing standing facing the camera, and the third is seated on a small stool with her back to the camera. [JD 26/09/2022]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Smith, Kenred (Rev.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1905

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collectionvon Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information