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Title
Young African men, Nkinga, Tanzania
Creator
Unknown
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
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Kinga. Jungvolk" ("Nkinga. Young people"). Five young men: two are standing, one is kneeling and two are seated with their backs to the photographer: They wear either a simple cloth or a strip of leather embroidered with beads around their hips. Some wear bracelets
all have partly shaved heads and scarified chests and/or backs.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 12.4 x 17.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8636 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07697
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8636
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07697.jpg
Subject
Clothing
Customs and traditions
Men
Scarification (process)
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Nkinga
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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