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Theme
headdress, body modifications, clothing/ornament, local authority, portrait
Photographer
François Léopold Michel (°1855 - †1932)
Patron
Charles François Alexandre Lemaire (°1863 - †1925)
Place of production
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Katanga
Culture
Warua
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
Groupe de deux chefs Warua avec leur Cour.
Inventory number
AP.0.0.970
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