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Theme

body modifications, clothing/ornament, portrait

Photographer

Armand Joseph Oscar Hutereau (°1875 - †1914)

Place of production

Democratic Republic of the Congo > Province Orientale > Aruwimi & Uele > Uele > Bas-Uele

Culture

Zande

Legend

Apart from physical anthropological measurement, photography was also used to provide an overview of the various 'races' in Congo. Special attention was paid to physical traits such as filed teeth, 'tattoos', hair styles and head deformations, which were assumed to offer the basis of a racial classification. Later on it turned out that no physical trait could be of use for such a division.

Original legend

Azande déformation de la denture

Inventory number

AP.0.0.12014




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