IDNO
P.56905.
Description
Studio head and shoulders portrait of a Congolese ‘pygmy’ man who was part of the ‘Pygmy Compound’ exhibition at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St Louis. [JD 5/5/2010]
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 individual was part of the ‘Pygmy Compound’ exhibition at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St Louis. The record has been amended accordingly. [JD 5/11/2007]
FM:191555
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