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Title
Ba-Safwa female students, Tanzania
Creator
Unknown
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
"Ba-Safwa Schülerinnen in Hoch-Safwa. Durchlöcherte Lippen mit Grashalmen durchsteckt[.] Erhalten von Br. Giersch 1929." ("Ba-Safwa female students in 'High Safwa'. Perforated lips with stalks of grass inserted[.] Received from Br[other] Giersch 1929."). Five standing and two kneeling young women with necklaces, bangles and pierced lips.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 8.4 x 11.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m3678 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06674
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3678
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06674.jpg
Subject
Jewelry
Youth
Women students
Women
Group portraits
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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