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Title
African man casting bones for divination, Pretoria, South Africa, ca. 1896-1911
Creator
Borel, Arnold, 1871-1911
Date Created and/or Issued
1896/1911
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
"Jeteur d'osselets et deux consultants" ("Man who casts bones and two men who are visiting him") Photograph of an African sorcerer with two men who are visiting him. The sorcerer wears a headgear, bracelets and necklaces. Several bones are lying on the ground in front of him. Two men are sitting next to him. The man who sits on his left plays a musical instrument.
Photographie d'un sorcier africain avec deux hommes assis à ses côtés. Il porte une coiffure, des bracelets et des colliers. Des osselets jonchent le sol devant lui. L'homme qui est assis à sa gauche joue d'un instrument de musique.
Type
image
Format
glass photonegatives, b&w
12 x 16.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-m63418 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv011-059-852
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63418
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv011-059-852.jpg
Subject
Clothing
Customs and traditions
Fashion
Musical instruments
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1896/1911
Place
Africa
Pretoria
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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