IDNO

P.56897.

Description

Two huts constructed from vegetation and a large mortar as part of the ‘Pygmy Compound’ at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St Louis. The large exhibition halls are in the background.

Place

C Africa; N America; Democratic of Congo; Republic of Congo; United States of America; Missouri; St. Louis; Louisiana Purchase Exposition [Congo]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Carpenter, Charles Henry

Collector / Expedition

Date

1904

Collection Name

Source

?Field Columbian Museum, Chicago

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.56897 to P.56906. were found inside the envelope now numbered C268/1/4/ which was inside C268/1/, or the first drawer of the entire green cabinet formerly numbered batch 144 and now numbered C268/.

The prints are perhaps a part of ACH2.

Place: Entry previously place as “Africa; Central Africa”, but research shows that the huts are part of the ‘Pygmy Compound’ at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St Louis. The record has been amended accordingly. [JD 5/11/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 5/11/2007]