cover image: Tools for grinding corn, Congo, ca.1920-1940

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Tools for grinding corn, Congo, ca.1920-1940

"24. – La Kafubu ̶ Comment on pile le maïs. De Kafubu ̶ Hoe de maïs gestampt wordt." Village women and children pose with the large mortars and pestles used for grinding corn. "Missions Salésiennes du Congo Belge ̶ Deuxième Série. Salesiaansche Zendingen in Belgisch Congo ̶ Tweede Reeks." The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: "Grace à votre charité nous avons pu fonder des Missions jusqu’ aux extrémités de la terre. Le Vénérable Don Bosco. Met hulp uwer m milddadigheid hebben wij zendingen kunnen stichfen in alle gewesten. De Eerbiedwaardie Don Bosco ." There is no handwriting on the back.
children women food preparation rural areas group portraits

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-84348
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Congo Democratic Republic of the
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Reference
impa-yds-rg101-045-0000-0064.tif
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/ab92e997bd5eb0593fa18bcf415e8874

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