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Title
Closer view of the temple of the serpents, Ouidah, Benin, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
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
"Dahomey [now Benin] - Temple des serpents à Ouidah" Printed on the back is "No. 3 - Verlag der Kathol. Mission in Lome" The temple is a long low building with thatched roof. Thatched round huts are connected by rooms with lower roofs.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9.2 x 14 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-yds-rg101-051-0000-0135.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-84560
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-yds-rg101-051-0000-0135.jpg
Subject
Temples
Exterior views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Benin
Ouidah
Source
IMP/YDS/RG101/051/0000/0135 [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
image/tiff
impa-m980

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