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Title
Baptism day, Usoke, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1937
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
"Taufe in Ussoke, Pfingsten 1937" ("Baptism in Ussoke, Whitsun 1937"). A group of eight people, four women and four men, possibly couples. Three women are holding a baby. In the background on the left a man, in the background on the right a child.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
8 x 11 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14768 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-11055
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14768
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-11055.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Religious practice
Christianity
Group portraits
Time Period
1937
Place
Africa
Tanzania
Usoke
uncategorized: Unyamwezi
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76
two copies exist

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