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Title
Grave of a chief, Ethiopia
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
"Das Zelt mit dem Grab. Der Waffenträger des Verstorbenen [mit Patronengürtel, Fliegenwedel und kleiner Ledertasche], der die Totenwache hält, öffnet das Zelt, damit die Aufnahme gemacht werden konnte. Auf der Pritsche eine Puppe, hergestellt aus den Feiertagskleidern des Verstorbenen[:] Der Sohn Fite des Kanjasmatsch Raga am Tullu Aira." ("The tent with the grave. The armour-bearer of the chief [with ammunition belt, fly whisk, and small leather bag], who is holding the death wake, opens the tent, so that the photograph could have been taken[:] The son Fite of the Kanjasmatsch Raga at the Tullu Aira.")
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 11.8 x 8.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m59880 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-ELM-AE-595.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59880
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-595.jpg
Subject
Death
Rites
Customs and traditions
General views
Place
Africa
Ethiopia
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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