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Title
African women playing drums, Lemana, South Africa, 1906
Creator
Dentan, Jules
Date Created and/or Issued
1906
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
"Femmes Bassoutos battant du tambour. M. Grandjean. Lemana 1906, J. Dentan" ("Basotho women beating drums. Mr Grandjean. Lemana 1906, J. Dentan") Photograph of three African women beating drums in a Sotho village near Lemana.
Photographie de trois femmes africaines battant du tambour dans un village sotho des environs de Lemana.
Type
image
Format
glass photonegatives, b&w
8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m65586 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv120-080-112
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m65586
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv120-080-112.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Musical instruments
Women
Group portraits
Time Period
1906
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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