Image / Initiation ceremony, South Africa, ca. 1930

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Title: Initiation ceremony, South Africa, ca. 1930
Creator: Jaques, Alexandre Auguste
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 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: DM-échange et mission
chemin des Cèdres 5, CH-1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
info@dmr.ch
Description: Photograph of African children taking part in an initiation ceremony in South Africa. Their bodies are painted in white.
Photographie d'enfants africains participant à une cérémonie d'initiation en Afrique du Sud. Leurs corps sont peints en blanc.
Type: image
Format: glass photonegatives, b&w
4.5 x 6.4 cm.
Identifier: impa-m66179 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv170-101-048
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m66179
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv170-101-048.jpg
Subject: Customs and traditions
Initiation rites
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period: circa 1930
Place: Africa
South Africa
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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