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Title
Two men wearing headdresses and multiple necklaces, Africa, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1940
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 two men standing next to each other outside posing for the photo. Both men are wearing headdresses and multiple necklaces. The man on the left is holding three sticks in his hand with one resting on the ground. The man on the right is only holding one stick and one end is resting on the ground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
11 x 15.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m64190 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Africa-06-085
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64190
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Africa-06-085.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Men
Customs and traditions
Group portraits
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Africa
Source
MFB/Africa/06/085 [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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