A young girl learning to knit, Omvan, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/16177372d428eaae027ebfe7bf778845

Title

A young girl learning to knit, Omvan, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

Creator

Unidentified

Date

1920/1940

Description

A young girl wearing a head covering and striped dress knits with a spool of dark thread.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "Cameroun. - Fillette d'Omvan apprenant a tricoter" ("Young girl of Omvan learns to knit") and the name of the mission agency "Editions Peres du Saint-Esprit". The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.

Subject

Handicrafts
Children
Portraits

Source

California Digital Library

Relation

https://thumbnails.calisphere.org/clip/150x150/1c22de0f9baa920e1d3c65fbb1d6a1db

Type

image

References

http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12363

Subject

Handicrafts
Children
Portraits

Citation

Unidentified, “A young girl learning to knit, Omvan, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 12, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/25877.

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