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Title
Representation of two Hova men in a grass hut, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1930
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
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
La Divination Par Les Graines Chez Les Hova" ("Divination By Seeds among the Hova") Photograph of an exhibit at the "Exposition Coloniale. - Pavillon des Missions, Salle de Madagascar (Peres Jesuites)." Two sculptures of Hova men are positioned in a grass hut with a plate of grain between them.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed contact information for the mission agency: "Procure de la Mission de Madagascar (Tananarive) - 79, av. de Breteuil, Paris (XVe) - Ch. Post. 567-39 Paris." The back also contains information about the printer: "Aulard et Cie, 6, Rue du Vieux-Colombier, Paris.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9.25 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12568 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-005-0000-0107
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12568
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-005-0000-0107.jpg
Subject
Religious practice
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Source
YDS/RG101/005/0000/0107 [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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