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Title
Priest of indigenous religion with accoutrements, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
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
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
"Cameroun Fracais - Mission des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin." "8 Le Sorcier avec son attirail". A man identified as a "sorcerer" by the caption stands with staff and bow in the foreground. Behind him, a thatch-roofed building can be seen among trees.
The back of the card has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Procure de la Mission : 214, Rue Lafayette - Paris (Xc)". "Edit. M. Brochard, 81, quai Fosse - Nantes".
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m58736 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-012-0000-0098
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m58736
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-012-0000-0098.jpg
Subject
Customs and traditions
Religious practice
Indigenous populations
Portraits
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Cameroon
Source
YDS/RG101/012/0000/0098 [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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