Photographs, Africa, Belgian Congo, tribes.... - Lot 60 - Chayette & Cheval

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Photographs, Africa, Belgian Congo, tribes.... - Lot 60 - Chayette & Cheval
Photographs, Africa, Belgian Congo, tribes. Circa 1940-50. Set of about thirty silver prints including duplicates. Congo Press. On the back, typed captions on paper, examples : a "Nkumu" (notable) of the Ekonda tribe, in a Pygmy village in the Epulu Territory in the Eastern Province, in their religious practices - the Congolese make a large place for the cult of the dead, a group of Baholo natives perform a traditional dance, the search for copal is one of the great sources of income for the natives of the Equator and the Lake Leopold II region, here is a group of Banya Bongo women, painting with 'bianga', the Pygmies are exclusively nomadic hunters, here are two Batshwa pygmies from the Tshuapa district, group of children in the city of indigenous workers in Manono, Muhombo healer, the village of Banza - near Kwilu, 'bobongo' dances in Inongo, etc. Identified photographers: C. Lamote, Cdt Dandoy, E. Steppe, J. Collard, Lebied, R. F. Marcolin, A. Dewulf, F. Van Goitsenhoven, H. Goldstein, H. Rosy, J. M. Vrydagh, J. Makula, Van Den Heuvel and J. Ceurvorst. Various states. Average sizes with margins about 17,9 x 13,3 to 24 x 18 cm.
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