cover image: Group of men wearing lambas outside hut, Madagascar, ca. 1900

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Group of men wearing lambas outside hut, Madagascar, ca. 1900

"Natives of Madagascar" Reproduced with caption "The People that walked in Darkness" in LMS Chronicle. A group stand outside a hut, traditionally dressed in lambas. Types of cloth, and the way it is worn, hold significance within Malagasy society, denoting social status, wealth and ethnicity.Negative no. 294 written (in reverse) on bottom left hand corner of print.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2427
Date published
1910/1920
Dates
1910/1920
Format
Photographs
Pages
albumen prints, 15.9 x 21.1 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Madagascar
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Madagascar
Reference
impa-m2427 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-SOA-CWM-13-10-006-004
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/ca6cffd838351224f2b170427160c307

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