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headdress, body modifications, clothing/ornament, family/family life, local authority, portrait, body art
Photographer
Auguste M. Bal
Place of production
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Equateur
Culture
Ngombe
Legend
Ngombe-Mowea women who rubbed their hair with a mixture of palm oil, red ngula powder and the ashes of aromatic herbs.
Acquisition related person
Auguste M. Bal, as donor
Original legend
Indigènes de Bayanga.
Inventory number
EP.0.0.4231
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