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Title
Divination scene, Matutwini, Mozambique
Creator
Clerc, André-Daniel
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
DM-échange et mission
chemin des Cèdres 5, CH-1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
info@dmr.ch
Description
"Chez Mondada (Film du traitement par les magiciens). On va consulter les osselets" ("At Mondada's (Movie of the treatment by the magicians). About to cast bones for divination") Photograph of four African people sitting in front of a hut. On the right, a sorceress wearing a headgear.
Photographie de quatre personnes africaines assises devant une hutte. Sur la droite, une magicienne portant une coiffure.
Type
image
Format
photonegatives, b&w
8.3 x 11.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-m67123 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nc001-072-132
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m67123
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nc001-072-132.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Witchcraft
Women
Divination
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Matutwini
Mozambique
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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