Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32672
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Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
8 x 10" Negative. Belgian Congo. Pygmy hut with family posing in front of it, sitting on the ground. Hoefler's original description: "Belgian Congo. Members of a pygmy family in front of their hut. Their usual dwelling is a small shelter made of banana leaves, but if they plan on staying any length of time, they construct a better hut of boughs and palm leaves.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Democratic 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
Production date:
1951
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Black and white negative, accession number 15-32672, described as 8 x 10" Negative. Belgian Congo. Pygmy hut with family posing in front of it, sitting on the ground. Hoefler's original description: "Belgian Congo. Members of a pygmy family in front of their hut. Their usual dwelling is a small shelter made of banana leaves, but if they plan on staying any length of time, they construct a better hut of boughs and palm leaves.

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