Drawing of an indigenous man from West New Guinea, Indonesia, ca. 1900-1930

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Title: Drawing of an indigenous man from West New Guinea, Indonesia, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created: 1900-1930
Publication Place: Indonesia, Oceania
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information from the publisher: "Missionnaries du Sacre Coeur - Borgerhout-Anvers -- Chez les coupeurs de tetes de la Nouvelle-Guinee Neerlandaise." ("Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Borgerhout-Anvers- home of the headhunders"). The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic missionary order.
The postcard is an artistic representation of an indigenous man with long hair and an earring.
Extent: 9 x 14 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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