"Eine schöne Fächerpalme bei Ilondo." ("A beautiful fan palm near Ilondo."). In the center: a fan palm. In the background: mountains. Elise Schärf (1892-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She was a deaconess and received training not only as a nurse but also in the care of mothers and lepers. She served from 1928 for many years at the leprosy hospital in Isoko.
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2 copies photographic prints, 6.2 x 8.8 cm. photographs
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