Seated chief in traditional dress, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Seated chief in traditional dress, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Cameroon, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Jeune chef de Fokwe en tenue du pays. ("Young chief of Fokwe in custom of the country"). Portrait of a seated man wearing a dark hat and an outer garment full of patterns and designs.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "CAMEROUN FRANCAIS - Missions des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin - Procure de la Mission: 214, Rue Lafayette - Paris (Xe)" and a printed address of the publisher: "Dillen et Cie Heliograv. 23, rue Oudinot - Paris" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
Extent: 14 x 9 cm.

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: Missionary Postcard Collection
Collection/Other Creator: Yale Divinity Library Special Collections. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
Collection Date: 1880-1950
Container / Volume: Box 4

Access: Public
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