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Theme
disease/anomaly
Photographer
François Léopold Michel (°1855 - †1932)
Patron
Charles François Alexandre Lemaire (°1863 - †1925)
Place of production
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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. Special attention was paid to physical deformations.
Original legend
Jeune fille atteinte d'une maladie de la peau (espèce de lèpre).
Inventory number
AP.0.0.1318
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