Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32658
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
8 x 10" Negative. Village of Kiya Be, French Congo. Image shows a gathering in the distance, a dance performed in response to the arrival of the Colorado African Expedition team. Hoefler's original description: "Inside the village of Kiya Be. The Sara-Kyabe arranged a dance for us at which all the women with the disks gathered. This is one of the most out of the way places on earth, very seldom visited by white men. We were the first to visit here in thirty years with the exception of some French officers who came to put a stop to the practice of distending the lips.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Village of Kiya Be, French 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:
1928-1929
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Black and white negative, accession number 15-32658, described as 8 x 10" Negative. Village of Kiya Be, French Congo. Image shows a gathering in the distance, a dance performed in response to the arrival of the Colorado African Expedition team. Hoefler's original description: "Inside the village of Kiya Be. The Sara-Kyabe arranged a dance for us at which all the women with the disks gathered. This is one of the most out of the way places on earth, very seldom visited by white men. We were the first to visit here in thirty years with the exception of some French officers who came to put a stop to the practice of distending the lips.

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