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Title
Bassa woman grinding maize, Cameroon, ca.1931
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1931
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
"CAMEROUN. Femme Bassa pilant du mais." A woman sits on a low stool, grinding maize on a flat stone. In the doorway behind her, a child looks on. The front of the postcard is postmarked, and shows signs that a stamp has been removed.
The back of the card has a few penciled words and an address. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Ste des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bd. Arago, Paris".
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m58727 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-012-0000-0088
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m58727
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-012-0000-0088.jpg
Subject
Women
Food preparation
General views
Time Period
circa 1931
Place
Africa
Cameroon
Source
YDS/RG101/012/0000/0088 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Missionary Postcard Collection
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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