Guinea-fowl type of birds and leguans, signed "Bela"
odd: label: Local Note
content: For black and white photograph, see negative Number 45,426. Negative not located as of 7/1969.
label: Local Note
content: On display in African Exhibit, Hall 7, National Museum of Natural History.
label: Local Note
content: oils applied by thumb on wallboard
name: label: Creator
content: Bela
place: label: Place
content: Africa
creator: label: Creator
content: Bela
culture: label: Culture
content: African
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content: Guinea-fowl type of birds and leguans, signed "Bela"
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bela, a native of Brazzaville, served as cook in the home of M. Romain Desfosses, French naval officer during World War II, and moved with him to Elizabethville after the war; there he was inspired to paint by watching Desfosses, who encouraged him to continue. (Information abstracted from accession papers.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Painting
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS394611
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Paintings
label: Type
content: Drawings
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content: Drawings