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Title
Safwa women carrying their children on their back, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1932
Creator
Kootz, Elise, 1870 -1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1932
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
"2 Safwafrauen m. Kindern i. Fell." ("2 Safwa women w[ith] children [carried] in animal-hide."). Side view of two women, wearing leather skirts partly embroidered with beads and carrying small children strapped to their back. All have partly shaved heads.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, color slide no. 7789
photographic prints, 7.3 x 9.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8666 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07789
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8666
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07789.jpg
Subject
Children
Customs and traditions
Clothing
Mothers
Group portraits
Time Period
1932
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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