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Title
Indigenous men ready for war, Central African Republic, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1930
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
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"38. Congo Francais - Mission Catholique de Brazzaville - Simulacre de Guerre chez les Toybas (Haut-Oubanghi)." ("38. French Congo - Catholic Mission of Brazzaville - Simulating War at Toybas (Haut-Oubanghi).") Over fifty indigenous men stand ready in a large group as if preparing for war. The men in the front of the group hold large shields
those in the back hold spears.
The back of the postcard is blank.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 8.75 x 13.75 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12940 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0001
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12940
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0001.jpg
Subject
Customs and traditions
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
(city)
Africa
Central African Republic
Source
YDS/RG101/008/0000/0001 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Missionary Postcard Collection
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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