Image / Circumcision ceremony, Shilouvane, South Africa, ca. 1930

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Title: Circumcision ceremony, Shilouvane, South Africa, ca. 1930
Creator: Jaques, Alexandre Auguste
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1930
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: "Intérieur d'une loge de la circoncision" ("Interior of a circumcision lodge") Photograph of a group of African boys taking part in a circumcision ceremony in Shilouvane. Their bodies are painted in white.
Photographie d'un groupe de garçons africains participant à une cérémonie de circoncision à Shilouvane. Leurs corps sont peints en blanc.
Type: image
Format: glass photonegatives, b&w
6.4 x 8.9 cm.
Identifier: impa-m66176 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv170-101-045
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m66176
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv170-101-045.jpg
Subject: Boys
Customs and traditions
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period: circa 1930
Place: Africa
Shilouvane
South Africa
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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