cover image: Man with spear and shield, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

Man with spear and shield, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

Serie XVIII - Armi e Guerrieri - 175" "Nelle Missioni Della Consolata - Il re Karoli ai tempi delle sue vittorie contro i Massai." A man raises a spear with a long, narrow spearhead. He holds an ovoid shield and wears a thin, dark wrap. The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Missioni Della Consolata 12, Corso Ferruccio - Torino (117)" "Il collegio riceve gratuitamente, per prepare e inviare in Missione : Sacerdoti, Chierici, Studenti, Artigiani e qualsiasi persona che desideri consacrarsi all'apostolato. Similmente ricevono giovani ragazze le Suore Missionarie della Consolata." "La Consolata, mensile illustrato - L. 5 annue.
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Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59405
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Kenya
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Kenya
Reference
impa-m59405 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-015-0000-0078
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/9fd533ae114c3565e843b35dddbed2c8

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