"Br. Böhme zieht vor dem großen Haus in Rungwe einen Zahn aus. Br. Zickmantel u. Kinder." ("Br[other] Böhme extracts a tooth in front of the big house in Rungwe. Br[other] Zickmantel a[nd] children."). An African is sitting on the ground in front of a thatched building while Missionary Böhme pulls out his tooth. On both sides of the path leading to the house are plants. Missionary Zickmantel is standing in front of the porch to the left. A little boy runs towards the stairs leading to the porch on which a little girl is standing covering her face with both of her hands. To the right, a clothed African sitting on the edge of the porch. Ernst Emil Böhme (1870-1938) was a mission artisan of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served from 1900 to 1903 as head of the joinery, as building foreman from 1903 to 1905 in Kyimbila, from 1905 to 1907 in Isoko and from 1907 to 1909 in Rutenganio. Until being interned in 1916 he was head of the station in Ipanya. In 1907 he married Emma, née Gründel. -- Martin Johannes Zickmantel (1866-1922) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Marie Agnes Hartmann in 1897, he served from 1898 to 1904 in Rutenganio and from 1904 to 1914 in Rungwe, staying also some time between 1912 and 1914 in Isoko. After the death of his first wife in 1903 in Rutenganio he married Elisabeth Louise Hartmann (1882-1963) in 1906. She served again from 1928 for many years in what is now Tanzania.
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colored slide no. 1607 photographic print, 15.4 x 11.4 cm. photographs
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