"DAHOMEY - Coin de lagune." ("Corner of the lagoon.") In a small pool of water alongside a tree-lined road, twenty-one Dahomean men, women, and children are gathered. Some children stand in the water without clothes most stand along the edge of the water. Many large shallow bowls lie on the ground next to the water. Postcard issued by the "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Apotres - Venissieux (Rhone)." The back of the postcard is blank.
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