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Title
African man making a basket, Lemana, South Africa, ca. 1906-1915
Creator
Dentan, Jules
Date Created and/or Issued
1906/1915
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
"Confection de paniers pour conserver le maïs" ("Making baskets for the conservation of maize") Photograph of a man of African origin making a basket. He wears western style clothes. He crouches with his back to the camera. On the left, a hut.
Photographie d'un homme d'origine africaine tressant un panier. Il porte des vêtements occidentaux. Accroupi, il tourne le dos au photographe. Sur la gauche, une hutte.
Type
image
Format
glass photonegatives, b&w
8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m65578 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv120-080-104
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m65578
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv120-080-104.jpg
Subject
Food preservation
Handicrafts
Indigenous populations
Portraits
Time Period
1906/1915
Place
Africa
Lemana
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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