cover image: Man wearing large ring in earlobe, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

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Man wearing large ring in earlobe, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

"Missione del Kenya - Serie VII - Usi Indigeni." "62 - Nel lobo dell'orecchio dilatato fu introdotto un disco." The photograph depicts a profile shot of a man wearing a chain-tassled necklace, with a large white hoop stretching his earlobe. The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
indigenous populations portraits fashion

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59318
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-m59318 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-015-0000-0036
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/186ca9e0ea21c15be8b32a78d66bd27c

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