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Title
African dancers, Pretoria, South Africa, ca. 1896-1911
Creator
Borel, Arnold, 1871-1911
Date Created and/or Issued
1896/1911
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
"Deux garçons païens en costume de fête" ("Two pagan boys wearing feast dresses") Photographs of two African men wearing traditional clothes. On the left picture, the writing "NATIFS EN COSTUMES DE DANSE" ("NATIVES WEARING DANCE DRESSES").
Photographie de deux hommes d'origine africaine portant des vêtements traditionnels. Sur l'image de gauche, l'inscription "NATIFS EN COSTUMES DE DANSE".
Type
image
Format
glass photonegatives, b&w
8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m64257 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv110-054-761
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64257
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv110-054-761.jpg
Subject
Clothing
Dancers
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1896/1911
Place
Africa
Pretoria
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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