Two women seated on ground combing hair for braiding. The style in which the hair is worn has cultural significance in Madagascar, including an indication of marital status. Anonymous print pasted on to numbered board, used by the London Missionary Society as visual resources for publications etc. Most images have limited hand written captions.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m341
- Date published
- circa 1900
- Dates
- circa 1900
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- printing-out paper, 12 x 17 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Madagascar
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Madagascar
- Reference
- impa-m341 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-SOA-CWM-13-10-008-012-1
- Rights
- Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom Council for World Missions University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library docenquiry@soas.ac.uk http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/24f31e531ccef983ddb9562d3b1f2b75
