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Title
Beggar musician in a feathered hat, Shendam, Nigeria, 1923
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1923
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
"Beggar violinist - Cap made of leather and ostrich feathers" A robed man plays a stringed instrument. His hat has three sets of feathers sticking up from the top.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 9 x 9 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-yds-rg030-449-0002-0061.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82592
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-yds-rg030-449-0002-0061.jpg
Subject
Musical instruments
Musicians
Portraits
Time Period
1923
Place
Africa
Nigeria
Shendam
Source
IMP/YDS/RG030/449/0002/0061 [File]
Relation
Eugene Sirlinger Papers
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
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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