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Title
Raffia's making, in Madagascar
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1950/1970
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
102 boulevard Arago - 75014 Paris, France
Défap - Service protestant de mission (Département évangélique français d’action apostolique)
http://www.defap-bibliotheque.fr/index.php?id=266
http://www.defap.fr/contact.php
Description
A man takes off the cuticles of the raffia, in Madagascar.
The raffia is a textile fibre made from some palm-tree leaves. It is used to make ropes or fabrics.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 17x11.7 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m74061 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-DEFAP_MGPP004-00352_2
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m74061
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-DEFAP_MGPP004-00352_2.jpg
Subject
Handicrafts
Customs and traditions
Time Period
1950/1970
Place
Madagascar
Source
SMEP/MG.P.004-00352 [File]
Relation
Défap - Service protestant de mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Madagascar Types - Coutumes / Société des missions évangéliques de Paris
Photographs of the Défap - Service protestant de mission, Paris, ca. 1880-1971
impa-m62959

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