1925 Print Shantz Bukama Tribe Village Congo Portrait Tattoo Textile Racism XGB6 NGM1 XEJA6C05 zz4120

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specially featuring the Snap

From the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s

Italy in Europe

Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz

1925 Print Shantz Bukama Tribe Village Congo Portrait Tattoo Textile Racism XGB6 NGM1 XEJA6C05 zz4120This is an original 1925 halftone print of a portrait of a woman in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The caption writes, "Considered a ravishing beauty in her own tribe, though it is rather difficult for Europeans to reconcile beauty with negroid features, a bulging abdomen, a body covered with cicatrizations, and a soot black skin." Photography by Dr. H. L. Shantz. CONDITION This 86+ year old Item is rated Near Mint Very Fine. Light aging