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| Keywords: Man with swollen glands, Congo, ca. 1900-1915 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS10-15).jpg Congo Free State or post-1908 Belgian Congo present day Democratic Republic of the Congo He can be seen with scarification marks on his cheekbones jawline and forehead Scarification was a common form of body modification in Africa that conveyed meaning on the body through the inflication and controlled healing of wounds to form particular marks For men this could often be a test of endurance carry symbolic meaning or be a sign of cultural belonging The man also has a line of hair deliberately cut horizontally across the top of his head This style could also have symbolic meaning since hair style carried meanings connected with lifestyle or status amongst the Luba people of the Congo This slide comes from a collection generated by missionaries working for the Congo-Balolo Mission a mission begun in 1889 under the supervision of the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions that developed into the interdenominational evangelical mission Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1900 Photographer Unknown Filename IMP-CSCNWW33-OS10-15 tif Coverage date 1900/1915 Subject unesco Diseases; Indigenous peoples; Ethnic groups Part of collection International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Part of subcollection Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity University of Edinburgh U K ca 1900-ca 1940s Subject corporate name Congo-Balolo Mission Repository name Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file Volume2/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS10-15 tif Repository address The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity New College Mound Place Edinburgh EH1 2LX United Kingdom Geographic subject country Congo Format aacr2 lantern slides 8 2 x 8 2cm Geographic subject continent Africa Rights Contact the repository for details Part of series Regions Beyond Missionary Union Congo Lantern Slides CSCNWW33/OS10 Repository email divinity-CSWC ed ac uk Date created 1900/1915 Publisher of the digital version University of Southern California Libraries Subject aat genre portraits Format aat lantern slides; photographs Access conditions http //www ed ac uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources Geographic subject medical facilities File CSCNWW33/OS10/15 Subject lcsh Scarification body marking ; Lymph nodes 1900/1915 date created author http //digitallibrary usc edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/78040 PD-old-70-1923 Men of Africa 1910s Glands Congo Scarification in the Democratic Republic of the Congo People of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1910s 20th-century black and white portrait photographs of sitting men at full length Congo Black and white photographs of topless men Congo Congo-Balolo Mission Magic lantern images Images from USC Digital Library uploaded by Fæ International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Men with scarification Body modification in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||
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