Arthur Pope photographic album
odd: label: General note
content: Title provided by EEPA staff.
name: label: Photographer
content: Pope, Arthur.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Congo (Democratic Republic)
label: Place
content: Belgian Congo
topic: label: Occupation
content: Blacksmiths
label: Occupation
content: Weavers
label: Topic
content: Body arts
label: Topic
content: Funeral rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress -- Africa
label: Topic
content: Scarification (Body marking)
label: Topic
content: Hairstyles -- Africa
creator: label: Photographer
content: Pope, Arthur.
culture: label: Culture
content: Luba (African people)
abstract: label: Summary
content: This album contains 57 photographic prints, dating from circa 1899-1900, depicting the indigenous peoples of the Belgian Congo (later known as Zaire and presently known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Subjects depicted include costumes, body arts (hairstyles and scarification), funerary rituals, weavers and blacksmiths. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Kasai, Kwango and Luba peoples.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Arthur Pope was a Canadian commercial agent who traveled extensively in the Congo, investigating the rubber trade. Pope was also a celebrated athlete and hockey player who won the broadsword fencing competition at the Chicago World's Fair in 1895.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 57 Photographic prints (Photograph album)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1899-1900
container: label: Container
content: Item EEPA.2007-004
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Thomas H. Pierce, 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2007-004
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Organization reflects the original order of the prints in the album.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs