Image / African soothsayer, Antioka, Mozambique, ca. 1916-1930

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Title: African soothsayer, Antioka, Mozambique, ca. 1916-1930
Creator: Laurent, Henri
Date Created and/or Issued: 1916/1930
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: DM-échange et mission
chemin des Cèdres 5, CH-1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
info@dmr.ch
Description: "Antioka. Un vieux devin" ("Antioka. An old soothsayer") Photograph of an African soothsayer. He wears bracelets, necklaces and a headgear. He carries sticks and looks at the camera.
Photographie d'un devin africain. Il porte des bracelets, des colliers et une coiffure. Il porte des bâtons et regarde en direction du photographe.
Type: image
Format: glass photonegatives, b&w
8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Identifier: impa-m66055 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv150-133-057
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m66055
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv150-133-057.jpg
Subject: Clothing
Customs and traditions
Divination
Portraits
Time Period: 1916/1930
Place: Africa
Antioka
Mozambique
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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