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Title
Iota Christians
Jotachristen
Date Created and/or Issued
1925-12-27/1935
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
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Note translation: This was a small independent church c. 1930 in Ghana which somehow read a bible text to mean that good christians wear minimal clothing. They are described somewhere by Hartenstein - he saw them on his journey to the Gold Coast c. 1930. (PJ 07.1998).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
5.8 x 8.1 cm.
Identifier
impa-m37169 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-16372
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m37169
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-16372.jpg
Subject
Adolescent m
Christianity
Group
Loincloth
Woman
Place
1925-12-27/1935
Ghana
Source
QD-30.012.0113 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
QD-30.012: untitled
impa-m15099; impa-m17399
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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