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Title
African family, Tanzania, ca.1893-1920
Creator
Müller, Emil, 1868-1940
Date Created and/or Issued
1893/1920
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
Andreas Kecke
Pfr. Andreas Kecke, Kirchweg 1, D-02699 Königswartha, Germany
Pfr. Andreas Kecke, Königswartha
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested inusing, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who ownthe materials. For the publication or re-publication of any imagesoriginating from the Emil Mueller Collection, written permission mustbe obtained from: Pfr. Andreas Kecke, Kirchweg 1, D-02699Koenigswartha, Germany; Tel. 035931/20224, Fax 035931/29884; e-mail:A.Kecke@kirche.koenigswartha.de; Website:http://www.kirche-koenigswartha.de. Every image published must bedirectly accompanied by a credit line beginning "Pfr. Andreas Kecke,Koenigswartha"; together with the reference.
familie.kecke@web.de
Description
Group portrait of two topless African women (one with a baby on her back), a man and four children. Behind them a low hut made of branches with a flat roof is visible. Gourds sit upon the roof. The woman carries the baby in a baby carrier embellished with cowry shells. The hair of the baby is also adorned with cowry shells.
Type
image
Format
glass photonegatives, b&w
11.9 x 8.9
photographs
Identifier
impa-m64350 [Legacy record ID]
imp_em_012_0014
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64350
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp_em_012_0014.jpg
Subject
Family
Indigenous peoples
Jewelry
Group portraits
Time Period
1893/1920
Place
Africa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of Emil Müller, 1893-1933

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