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Title
A sorcerer, South Africa East
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, Unitätsarchiv
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany
http://www.archiv.ebu.de
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Ein kaffrischer Zauberer" ("A Kaffir sorcerer"). A man is sitting at a wooden box. He is holding batons in his hands. His upper body is scantily clad. He is wearing a belt, a light-coloured shawl around his lower body and adornments at his ankles and arms. He is wearing a special headdress. He is sitting in front of a house.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
7.9 x 4.9 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m15785 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-1-03064
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15785
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-1-03064.jpg
Subject
Magic
Traditional knowledge
Customs and traditions
Portraits
Place
Africa
Unknown
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76
positive no. 3063; two copies exist

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