Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32252
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Alternate number:
161 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054 and Acc.4115
Description:
4" x 5" Negative. Ituri pygmy chief poses for camera while smoking. Hoefler's original description: "Belgian Congo. Ituri Forest pygmies. The chief takes a smoke. The pipes are made by themselves and the smoke is drawn through water. What it is they smoke I was unable to find out.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Belgian Congo. Ituri Fores
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 15-32252, described as 4" x 5" Negative. Ituri pygmy chief poses for camera while smoking. Hoefler's original description: "Belgian Congo. Ituri Forest pygmies. The chief takes a smoke. The pipes are made by themselves and the smoke is drawn through water. What it is they smoke I was unable to find out.

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