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Title
An elephant shot down, Rutenganio, Tanzania, ca.1898-1914
Creator
Stolz, Adolf Ferdinand, 1871-1917
Date Created and/or Issued
1898/1914
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
"Ein erlegter Elefant bei der Farm Lehnin nahe Rutenganyo." ("A shot elephant at Lehnin farm near Rutenganio."). A large group of Africans with spears are standing behind a shot elephant lying on the ground facing sidewards. A European man, holding a rifle, is sitting on its belly. One African man is pointing a rifle at the elephant while another one is holding up its tail, a machete leaning against his legs. Imprinted on the image: "3218".
Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.
Type
image
Format
colored slide no. 3218
photographic prints, 15.5 x 10.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10768 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03218
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10768
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03218.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Wild animals
Hunting
Group portraits
Time Period
1898/1914
Place
Africa
Rutenganio
Tanzania

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