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Title
A pagan statue at Wuzhou, China, 1948
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
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
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of a pagan statue. "Most of the pagan gods are thought to be vengeful and threatening and people placate them to avoid their wrath." This statue [god] has an angry face, wears a crown and carries a long sword. Next to him is a dragon figure.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 11.7 x 9.6 cm.
Identifier
impa-m5594 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-015-01-0009
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5594
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-015-01-0009.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Religious sects
Cultural anthropology
General views
Time Period
1948
Place
China
Wuchow
Source
MKL/China/015/01/0009 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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