Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32251
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Alternate number:
160 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054 and Acc.4115
Description:
4" x 5" Negative. Ituri pygmy man with his two daughters. Hoefler's original description: "Belgian Congo. This pygmy had a mongolian cast of feature. His daughters are of the true pygmy type. They are wearing cloth made from the bark of a certain tree."
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Belgian Congo.
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1928-1929
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Black and white negative, accession number 15-32251, described as 4" x 5" Negative. Ituri pygmy man with his two daughters. Hoefler's original description: "Belgian Congo. This pygmy had a mongolian cast of feature. His daughters are of the true pygmy type. They are wearing cloth made from the bark of a certain tree."

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