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Title
African man with bow and arrow, Nyasa, 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
"Ein Eingeborner aus der Gegend des Tanganyika-Sees mit Bogen u. Pfeil auf einem Zebrafell knieend." ("Native with bow a[nd] arrow from the area around Lake Tanganyika, kneeling on zebra hide."). Profile view of a man with a loin cloth made from leather strings around his hips. He is kneeling on zebra hide spread out in front of a white wall. He is posing like a hunter with his bow and arrow drawn. A feather-like object has been stuck in his hair.
One photo included from the box of duplicates.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 7.0 x 7.6 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11033 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-06163
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11033
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-06163.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Men
Customs and traditions
Bows (weapons)
Portraits
Place
Africa
Tanzania
lakes: Lake Tanganyika
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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