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Title
Village of Griffis
Creator
Delpech, Jacques
Date Created and/or Issued
1914
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
102 boulevard Arago - 75014 Paris, France
Défap - Service protestant de mission (Département évangélique français d’action apostolique)
http://www.defap-bibliotheque.fr/
http://www.defap-bibliotheque.fr/contact.html
Description
Village of Griffis
men standing in the central square of a Bassouto village. This place is called the "lekhotla"and is meant only for men. It is used to dispense justice. Huts and "lelapa" are in a circle around this space.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : black-and-white positive, on glass, 8,5x10 cm
photographs
Identifier
IMP-DEFAP_LSPV145-12865_2.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-87782
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-DEFAP_LSPV145-12865_2.jpg
Subject
Traditional architecture
Houses
Rural areas, Village
Basotho
Time Period
1914
Place
Africa
Basutoland (Africa)
British Empire
1868-1966
Source
SMEP/LS.PV.145-12865 [File]
Relation
Défap - Service protestant de mission
Fonds Delpech : Voyage du pasteur Jacques Delpech au Basutoland et au Zambèze - Boite 2 (1914) / Delpech, Jacques
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Défap - Service protestant de mission, Paris, ca. 1880-1971

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