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Title
Back of a man wearing a headdress, 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 the back of a man wearing a headdress. The man is standing on a small dirt path that leads toward a clearing in a line of trees. The man is wearing a headdress and cloth around his body, both of which are covered in shells.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
12 x 16 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m64099 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Africa-05-079
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64099
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Africa-05-079.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Men
Customs and traditions
Portraits
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Africa
Source
MFB/Africa/05/079 [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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