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Title
Witchdoctors, Usoke, Unyamwezi, Tanzania
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
"Ussoke. Waswezi (Zauberdoktoren)" ("Ussoke. Waswezi (witchdoctors)"). A large group of people. Two children and an adult in the centre have painted faces. A man on the left is wearing a hut which has two horns attached to it. This man is also wearing necklasses and what could be bells.
c.f. picture no. 2738, it also shows Waswezi.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
7.5 x 11.1 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14646 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-1-02737
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14646
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-1-02737.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Witchcraft
Religions
General views
Place
Africa
Tanzania
Unknown
uncategorized: Unyamwezi
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
diapositive no. 2737
impa-m76

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