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Title
Four African men, Utengule, Tanzania, ca. 1898-1914
Creator
Stolz, Adolf, 1871-1917
Date Created and/or Issued
1898/1914
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
"Utengule. 4 Arbeitertypen. Kinga (keine Christen)" ("Utengule. 4 types of workers. Kinga (no Christians)"). Portrait of four young men's busts. One of them is wearing a loin cloth made from hide and beads around his neck. Another one is wearing pants and a shirt whereas a third is wearing pants and his shirt rolled down to his hips. All have scarified chests and partly shaved heads
however, their hair styles differ from each other. In the background: a white wall and trees. Imprinted on the image: "3202".
Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, negative no. 3344, colored slide no. 3202
photographic prints, 17.1 x 12.2 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10753 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03202
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10753
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03202.jpg
Subject
Workers
Culture
Customs and traditions
Men
Scarifications
Group portraits
Time Period
1898/1914
Place
Africa
Tanzania
Utengule
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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