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Title
Shot lion and giant python, Nyasa, Tanzania, ca. 1891-1920
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1891/1920
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
"Station Makete im Kinga-Hochland. Löwe. Riesenschlange" ("Makete Station in the Kinga highlands. Lion. Giant python."). A shot lion and a giant python laying next to each other on a lawn in front of a solid house to the right with a fenced in area to the left. In the background: a range of mountains.
The picture was bought by the Moravian Archives from Rehwagen in 1926.
Type
image
Format
colored slide no. 4807
photographic prints, 16.9 x 12.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11001 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04807
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11001
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04807.jpg
Subject
Animals
Hunting
Wild animals
Mountains
Double portraits
Time Period
1891/1920
Place
Africa
Nyasa
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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