CONGO. A Decorated Coffin, Mongo; corpse washed & put in a hut for a month 1900

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Artist/engraver/cartographer: Photo by Whiteside. Provenance: "Customs of the World"; Edited by Walter Hutchinson, With an introduction by Haddon, Published by Hutchinson & Co., London . Type: Antique photographic book illustration.

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Size: 2512px × 1722px
Location: Congo
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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