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clothing/ornament, object, creation/making, art and crafts, daily life
Photographer
Armand Joseph Oscar Hutereau (°1875 - †1914)
Place of production
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Province Orientale > Aruwimi & Uele > Uele > Bas-Uele
Culture
Benge
Legend
Hutereau collected a staggering 10,224 ethnographic objects during his expedition. The photographs tried to capture the original context in which the objects were made or used. ‘Pre-colonial’ Congo was mainly documented. This photo shows how various types of plaiting was done.
Original legend
Femmes vanniers
Inventory number
AP.0.0.11076
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