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Title
Chief Sinare of Shira and other men, Tanzania, ca.1895-1904
Creator
Müller, Emil, 1868-1940
Date Created and/or Issued
1895/1904
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 ten African men standing in a row. All are wrapped in cloths and are wearing beaded necklaces and earrings or plugs in streched earlobes. Some have sticks pierced through their ears. The man in the middle (chief Sinare?) is wearing a hat and holding a short stick in his hand. The three men to his right are leaning on walking sticks. Another man is holding a short stick.
Cf. picture no. Id/588 Druckvorlagenmusterbuch, Leipzig Mission.
Type
image
Format
glass photonegatives, b&w
17.9 x 12.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m62582 [Legacy record ID]
imp_em_003_0012.tiff
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m62582
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp_em_003_0012.jpg
Subject
Group portraits
Men
Political leadership
Indigenous peoples
Clothing
Jewelry
Time Period
1895/1904
Place
Africa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of Emil Müller, 1893-1933

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