Women dancing near the ocean, Samoa, ca. 1900-1930

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Title: Women dancing near the ocean, Samoa, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created: 1900-1930
Publication Place: Samoa, Oceania
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Over thirty women of various ages perform a dance on a bank near the ocean. Half of the women sit in a line on the ground with their arms outstreatched; the other half stands behind them also spreading their arms.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title: "Missions Maristes d'Oceanie - 16.B - Danse de femmes (Siva) aux Samoa." ("Marist Missions of Oceania - 16.B - Dance of women (Siva) in Samoa.") The back also contains information from the publisher: "Editions Procure, 123, Chemin de Choulans, Lyon." The Marists were a Catholic missionary order.
Extent: 10 x 14.5 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 10

Access: Public
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