Image / Chief and his guards, Congo, ca.1900-1930

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Title: Chief and his guards, Congo, ca.1900-1930
Creator: Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued: 1900/1930
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: Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description: "Congo Belge I - 4. Chet congolais et ses gardes." ("Belgian Congo I - 4. Congolese chief and his guards.") An indigenous man wearing ornate jewelry and a patterned garment around his waist sits on a stool above a leopard skin. Two men stand behind him holding spears. Postcard issued by "Missions Salesiennes."
The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Offrandes pour les Missions Salesiennes et renseignements: Groupe Missionnaire, 9, ch. de Fontaniere, La Mulatiere (Rhone). C.C.P., Lyon 58917." ("Offerings for the Salesiennes Missions and information: Group Missionnaire, 9, Ch. of Fontaniere, La Mulatiere (Rhone). C.C.P., Lyon 58917.")
Type: image
Format: photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm
photographs
Identifier: impa-m12966 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0027
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12966
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0027.jpg
Subject: Ruling class
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period: 1900/1930
Place: Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source: YDS/RG101/008/0000/0027 [File]
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Missionary Postcard Collection
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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