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African boy taking part in a circumcision ceremony, Graskop, South Africa, ca. 1930

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Title: African boy taking part in a circumcision ceremony, Graskop, South Africa, ca. 1930
Creator: Jaques, Alexandre Auguste
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1930
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: "Garçon de l'école de circoncision" ("Boy of the circumcision school") Photograph of an African boy taking part in a circumcision ceremony. His face is painted in white.
Photographie d'un garçon africain participant à une cérémonie de circoncision. Son visage est peint en blanc.
Type: image
Format: glass photonegatives, b&w
4.5 x 6.4 cm.
Identifier: impa-m66168 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv170-101-037
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m66168
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv170-101-037.jpg
Subject: Boys
Customs and traditions
Initiation rites
Indigenous populations
Portraits
Time Period: circa 1930
Place: Africa
Graskop
South Africa

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