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headdress, clothing/ornament, object, african warriors, portrait
Place of production
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Province Orientale > Aruwimi & Uele > Aruwimi
Culture
So
Legend
Portrait of Basoko warriors. The reverse side of the photo bears the stamp of H.A. Shanu but nothing indicates that he himself was ever in the Upper Congo. He probably received the negative of another photo and he made copies in his laboratory in Boma for sale to Europeans.
Acquisition related person
André Charles Napoléon Van Iseghem (°1865 - †1944), as donor
Date of acquisition
1898
Original legend
Guerriers BASOKO.
Inventory number
EP.0.0.5790
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