photographic print
- Museum number
- Af,B73.11
- Description
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Zaire [?], Tetela adult male "sending a message" on large, flat, four-cornered drum. Small groups of male and female adults and children in background, some looking on. Adults and children wearing cloths and personal-ornaments. Village setting, large single-storey building [thatched-roof?] in background.
Medium: Gelatin silver print.
- Production date
- 1910 (? 28th July?)
- Dimensions
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Length: 10.30 centimetres
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Width: 7.60 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Geography: The Tetela inhabit Zaire.
Circumstances: Unclear whether date in inscription refers to production date.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1910-1997
- Acquisition notes
- Copyright: British Museum?
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,B73.11