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Title
Man playing a drum to signal a death, Oceania, 1935
Creator
Fides
Date Created and/or Issued
1935
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
Photograph of a man playing a drum to signal a death in Oceania. The man is sitting on the ground with his knees tucked up to his chest. The drum is on the right side of the photo laying on its side. The man is playing the drum with two drumsticks.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
13 x 18 cm
photograph
Identifier
impa-m64538 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Oceania-01-001
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64538
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Oceania-01-001.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Musical instruments
Men
Drums
General views
Time Period
1935
Place
Oceania
Source
MFB/Oceania/01/001 [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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