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Title
Man dancing by a stone wall with two sticks and a shield, Africa, 1939
Creator
Fides
Date Created and/or Issued
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
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 man dancing by a stone wall with two sticks and a shield. The man is holding one stick in his right hand and the other stick and shield in his left hand. He is holding both arms in the air and his right leg is kicking off the ground. The stone wall extends across the background of the photo. A child is near the wall on the left edge of the photo watching the man dance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
13 x 18 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m64104 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Africa-05-084
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64104
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Africa-05-084.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Men
Customs and traditions
Dance
Portraits
Time Period
1939
Place
Africa
Source
MFB/Africa/05/084 [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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