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Title
Divination scene, Mozambique, ca. 1933-1939
Creator
Kaltenrieder, Emile
Date Created and/or Issued
1933/1939
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
"Le jeteur d'osselets. (Mudjakanwe)." ("The man who throws little bones. (Mudjakanwe).") Photograph of an African man and a woman. The woman sits on a mat and seems to be about to cast something. The man squats next to the mat and holds a stick in his right hand. In th background, bushes, shrubs and trees.
Photographie d'un homme et d'une femme africains. La femme est assise sur une natte et semble être sur le point de jeter quelque chose. L'homme est assis à côté de la natte et tient une canne devant lui. À l'arrière-plan, des buissons, des arbustes et des arbres.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photonegative, b&w
6 x 9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m57489 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nc004-102-207
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57489
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nc004-102-207.jpg
Subject
Customs and traditions
Divination
Mudjakanwe
Group portraits
Time Period
1933/1939
Place
Africa
Mozambique
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
NC 004
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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