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Title
African female porters, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929
Creator
Fischer, Dr. Walter Otto
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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
"Lastträgerinnen im Kondeland. Dr. med. O. Fischer." ("Female porters in the Konde country. Dr. O. Fischer."). Five young African women, wearing colored or patterned clothes, carry baskets with ears of corn on their heads.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, color slide no. 8692
photographic prints, 11.1 x 8.2 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8733 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08692
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8733
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08692.jpg
Subject
Labour
Women
Clothing
Transport
Group portraits
Time Period
1929
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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