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Title: Objects used by an African soothsayer, southern Africa
Creator: Unknown
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: Photograph of little objects probably used by an African soothsayer to make predictions. These objects are lying on a sheet on which some explanations are written.
Photographie de petits objets probablement utilisés par un devin africain pour faire des prédictions. Ces objets sont posés sur une feuille sur laquelle sont incrites des explications relatives à la position des objets.
Type: image
Format: glass photonegatives, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
Identifier: impa-m66066 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv022-167-004
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m66066
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv022-167-004.jpg
Subject: Customs and traditions
Divination
General views
Place: Africa
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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