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Title
Two men embracing a tree, Upper Safwa, 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 Kalikali-Baum im Urwald in Hochsafwa." ("A Kalikali tree in the primeval forest of Upper Safwa."). Close-up shot showing two African men, each of them wearing a simple cloth wrapped around his hips, one wearing a hat. They are embracing the enormously thick stem of a mossy tree. Rich vegetation in the background.
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. 3226
photographic prints, 11.2 x 15.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10772 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03226
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10772
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03226.jpg
Subject
Vegetation
Trees
Men
Partial views
Time Period
1898/1914
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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