cover image: African sorcerer casting bones for divination, Antioka, Mozambique, ca. 1896-1911

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African sorcerer casting bones for divination, Antioka, Mozambique, ca. 1896-1911

" Chez le magicien & ses tinholo (Melle Math. Perrenoud & M. Guye (à dr. femme à la chevelure ochrée)" ("At the magician & his tinholo's home (Miss Math. Perrenoud & Mr Guye (on the right woman with ochry hair") Photograph of Mathilde Perrenoud and Henri Guye paying an African sorcerer a visit. Miss Perrenoud wears a light colored dress and a hat. She rides a donkey and holds a parasol over her head. Mr Guye crouches behind a mat on wich little bones are lying. On the left, a hut. Photographie de Mathilde Perrenoud et d'Henri Guye rendant visite à un sorcier africain. Mlle Perrenoud porte une robe de couleur claire et un chapeau. Elle monte un âne et tient un parasol. M. Guy est accroupi derrière une natte sur laquelle se trouvent des osselets. Sur la gauche, une hutte.
women clergy customs and traditions group portraits guye, henri perrenoud, mathilde

Authors

Borel, Arnold, 1871-1911

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63965
Date published
1896/1911
Dates
1896/1911
Format
Glass photonegatives, b&w
Pages
10.2 x 12.7 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Antioka Mozambique
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Mozambique
Reference
impa-m63965 [Legacy record ID]; impa-a-CHL-nv100-048-682
Rights
DM-échange et mission chemin des Cèdres 5, CH-1004 Lausanne, Switzerland info@dmr.ch
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/890949d4923c1c53444a7f38e7f2859b

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