Ngombe couple, Congo, ca. 1900-1915

Black and white lantern slide showing a Congolese couple, speakers of the Ngombe language, a Bantu language spoken by people living beside the Congo River. The husband wears a round-necked shirt, trousers and belt. His wife wears a light, smart European style dress with a flower pinned onto it and a head-wrap. Note the scarification designs on the faces of the couple. This slide comes from a collection generated by missionaries working for the Congo Balolo Mission, a mission begun in 1889 under the supervision of the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions that developed into the interdenominational evangelical mission Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1900.

本藏品为一张黑白玻璃幻灯幻灯片，展现一对刚果夫妇，二人使用恩贡贝语（Ngombe）——一种由刚果河（Congo River）沿岸族群使用的班图语系（Bantu）语言——作为日常交流语言。丈夫身着圆领衬衫、长裤并系有腰带；妻子则身着一袭雅致轻便的欧式连衣裙，胸前别有花朵装饰，并佩戴头巾。请注意二人面部的瘢痕纹样。该幻灯片出自刚果巴洛洛传教团（Congo Balolo Mission）相关藏品系列，该传教团于1889年由东伦敦国内外传教士培训学院（East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions）创立，后于1900年发展为跨宗派福音传教组织“地域之外传教联盟（Regions Beyond Missionary Union）”。