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Title
Sakalava woman, Madagascar
Creator
unknown
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
Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University
USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ .
post@vid.no
Description
"Sakalava kvinde" ("Sakalava woman"). This woman has a very special hair style and is wearing lamba. Sakalava men and women can be found all along the West Coast of Madagascar. This is maybe a kind of portrait for sale.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 21 x 15.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m3363 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A13-632
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3363
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A13-632.jpg
Subject
Women
Portraits
Lamba
Jewelry
Hair styles
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Source
NMS/Photo/A13Ma/632 [File]
Relation
A13Ma by Einrem, Johannes, 1868-1956
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University
Photographs of the Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway, ca.1870-1950
impa-m559

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