postcard;
photographic print(black and white)
- Museum number
- Af,B42.1
- Description
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French Equatorial Africa, frontal head and shoulders portrait of adult female. Wearing large circular lip-plugs in upper and lower lips, ear-ornaments, short hair, tunic of textile with printed pattern. Outdoor setting.
Medium: Postcard. Collotype.
- Production date
- 1908-1958
- Dimensions
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Length: 14.10 centimetres
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Width: 9 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Geography: Location and ethnic group suggested by N F Barley, 9/03/1998.
Circumstances: [FRE-] PIC DOC 38. One of a series of potcards including Af,B42.1-36.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1908-1997
- Acquisition notes
- Copyright: British Museum?
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,B42.1