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Title
Women weaving a carpet, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
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
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
“Mission d’Ouagadougou (Hte.-Volta). 33. Tissage d’un tapis haute laine – Mission Ouagadougou.” Two women work at a loom weaving a wool carpet with a diamond pattern design in the center. The publisher “Collection de la Mission d’Ouagadougou” is printed on the back of the postcard. There is no handwriting on the back.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards,9.5 x 14 cm
photographs
Identifier
IMP-YDS-RG101-039-0000-0080.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-81096
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-039-0000-0080.jpg
Subject
Women
Craft workers
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Burkina Faso
Source
IMP/YDS/RG101/039/0000/0080 [File]

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