Caption

Groupe de Congolais, Four men sit on a tree trunk in a recreated Congolese village at the Antwerp World Exhibition in 1894, Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1894, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Charles Bernhoeft, Antwerp, cliché maker: Charles Bernhoeft, Luxembourg (Belgian province), 1894, Charles Bernhoeft, photographer, cliché maker, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 153 mm x width 216 mm, adult man, civic architecture, edifices, dwellings, world fair, world exhibition, beam, log of wood, World Exhibition 1894 (Antwerp), Period, 1894-05-05 - 1894-11-05, Four seated people wearing long patterned garments sit side by side on a carved log in front of a thatched structure with woven walls, with broad leaves and plant stalks visible behind them; their faces show decorative scarification, and one person holds a small wrapped bundle while another wears a round pendant; a blurred figure and a drum appear in the background to the left and a length of rope lies on the log near the left edge.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B05_006

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Keywords

Groupe de Congolais Four men sit tree trunk recreated Congolese village Antwerp World Exhibition 1894 Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1894 page photomechanical print photographer Charles Bernhoeft Antwerp cliché maker Luxembourg Belgian province paper collotype photoprint height 153 mm x width 216 mm adult man civic architecture edifices dwellings world fair world exhibition beam log wood World Exhibition 1894 Period 1894-05-05 - 1894-11-05 Four seated people wearing long patterned garments sit side carved log front thatched structure woven walls broad leaves plant stalks visible them faces decorative scarification person holds small wrapped bundle another wears round pendant blurred figure drum background left length rope lies log near left edge