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Title
Men sieving gold dust, 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
"Goldstaub sieben. (Lupa)" ("Sieving gold dust. (Lupa River)") Four African men are sitting on the ground and sieving gold dust. In the background: a forest.
Photograph is a reproduction.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 10639
photographic print, 11.4 x 8.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11580 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10639
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11580
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10639.jpg
Subject
Working conditions
Group portraits
Time Period
1937-01
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
Wo kein Wasser vorhanden ist, wird die goldhaltige Erde zerklopft und geworfelt, wie man hierzulande das Korn worfelt, um es von der Spreu zu sondern. Da muss dann schliesslich die Puste des Negers herhalten und den letzten Staub wegblasen." ("Where there
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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