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Title
A man blowing dust out of a bowl, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1937
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-01
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
"Goldwäscher. Staub aus der Schüssel blasen, der Goldstaub bleibt am Boden zurück." ("Gold washer. Blowing dust out of the bowl, gold dust remains on the bottom.") A man holding a bowl is crouching and blowing into it. Next to him: a pickaxe.
Photograph is a reproduction.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 10640
photographic print, 11.9 x 8.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11581 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10640
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11581
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10640.jpg
Subject
Working conditions
Portraits
Time Period
1937-01
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 5
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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