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Title
Itinerant singer, Ayra, Ethiopia, ca.1951-1952
Date Created and/or Issued
1951-08/1952
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
"Fahrender Sänger und Musikant in Aira. Als Kopfschmuck trägt er das Fell vom Goresa-Affen" ("Itinerant singer and musician in Ayra. As headgear he wears the fur of a Goresa monkey"). Photograph of an Ethiopian itinerant musician with a one-stringed instrument.
Cf. pictures nos. ELM/AE/Fotos - 916, 917.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
10.5 x 7.5 cm.
photographs
photographic prints
Identifier
IMP-ELM-AE-918.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-85245
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-918.jpg
Subject
Itinerant artists
Musicians
General views
Time Period
1951-08/1952
Place
Africa
Ayra
Ethiopia
Source
ELM/AE/Fotos - 918 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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