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Title
Malan with family, South Africa East
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany
http://www.archiv.ebu.de
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Evangelist Malan von Ggaga/Gqaga und Familie" ("Evangelist Malan von Ggaga/Gqaga and family"). Malan is sitting on a settle with his wife and one of his children, which is wearing a light-coloured dress. He is wearing a costume and is barefooted. His wife is wearing a long skirt, a dark blouse and a headpiece. Four more children, wearing light-coloured dresses, are standing and sitting on the right and left side. Behind them two women are standing, putting their hands on Malan and his wife's the shoulders. The two women are wearing dark dresses with light-coloured collars and dark headdresses. Leftmost a man is standing with a pipe in his mouth, wrapped in a dark shawl. On the right side behind the hearth, four men are sitting and standing, covered in shawls. One of them is having a pipe in his mouth. The standing man in the middle is wearing bracelets.
[The picture is yellowed.]
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
11.2 x 15.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m15792 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-1-03150
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15792
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-1-03150.jpg
Subject
Family
Missionary work
Children
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Unknown
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76
two copies exist

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