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Title
Woman grinding corn in a village, Union of South Africa, Africa, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1940
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
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of a woman grinding corn outside in a village in the Union of South Africa. The woman is in the bottom middle of the photo on her knees leanding over a rock. The rock is indented and has corn in it which she is grinding with a second rock. The woman is facing the right side of the photo and has a child wrapped on her back. A group of people are watching the woman as she grinds the corn. Three huts are in the background of the photo. A boy is standing against the wall of the hut on the left side of the photo.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
15.5 x 21.5 cm
photograph
Identifier
impa-m64735 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-UnionOfSouthAfrica-01-005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64735
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-UnionOfSouthAfrica-01-005.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Rural areas
Grinding
Corn
Huts
General views
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Africa
South Africa
Source
MFB/UnionOfSouthAfrica/01/005 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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