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Title
Chief Mwakaluka with two of his wives, Mwaya, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1929/1930
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
"Mwaja. Der Oberhäuptling Mwakaluka mit zweien seiner hundert Frauen." ("Mwaya. The paramount chief Mwakaluka with two of his hundred wives"). Group of twelve standing Africans and the seated chief. Two women, one old and the other young, are standing behind him beside two men reading a book.
Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, color slide no. 6737
photographic prints, 6.4 x 10.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m6685 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06737
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m6685
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06737.jpg
Subject
Women
Indigenous populations
Political leadership
Group portraits
Time Period
1929/1930
Place
Africa
Mwaya
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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