Caption

Houses in Evamkoyo, Evamkoyo, village des Banza, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Pl. 53.', photographer: Franz Thonner, Congo (country), cliché maker: Stengel & Markert, Dresden, 1896, Saxony, paper, collotype, light printing, height 110 mm x width 161 mm, housing, façade (of house or building), A sepia-toned scene shows a cluster of thatched huts with conical roofs made of straw, arranged on bare ground beneath tall trees with dense foliage. In the foreground there is a wooden rack on stilts with several rounded objects placed on top, and a narrow clearing between the huts. Large leafy plants and tall slender tree trunks rise behind and among the huts, and broad leaves hang from a torn canopy on the left edge of the image. The overall setting appears shaded by the surrounding trees and vegetation.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B01_269

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Rights managed

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35.7Mb (9.9Mb) / 13.5in x 10.3in / 4055 x 3077 (300dpi)

Keywords

Houses Evamkoyo village des Banza page photomechanical print number Pl 53 photographer Franz Thonner Congo country cliché maker Stengel & Markert Dresden 1896 Saxony paper collotype light printing height 110 mm x width 161 mm housing façade of house building sepia-toned scene cluster thatched huts conical roofs straw arranged bare ground beneath tall trees dense foliage foreground wooden rack stilts several rounded objects placed top narrow clearing huts Large leafy plants tall slender tree trunks rise broad leaves hang torn canopy left edge image setting shaded surrounding trees vegetation