"Eingeborene nahe der Station Rungwe. Der Mann mit den Leibringen unser Nachbar u. Bretterschneider Mwansoka. etwa 1892" ("Natives close to Rungwe station. The man with the rings around his body [is] our neighbor and plank cutter Mwansoka. circa 1892"). Five man of different age wearing loincloths sitting on cut wood. One man wearing four metal(?) or wooden(?) rings around his body. Another one holding an object like a spear, a third one a big knife.
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photo no. 6809, box no. Nyassa 2 and color slide no. 276 photographic prints, 9.8 x 14.2 cm. negative no. 6809 photographs
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