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Title
Dancing girls, South Africa East
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, Unitätsarchiv
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany
http://www.archiv.ebu.de
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Tanzende Kaffer-Mädchen" ("Dancing Kaffir girls"). A crowd of people in indigenous costumes are dancing. They are wearing draperies as short skirts, waistbelts with beads and other ornaments, bangles, necklaces and special headdresses. Their ears are looking white.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
7.2 x 11.2 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m16049 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10237
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m16049
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10237.jpg
Subject
Dancers
Indigenous populations
General views
Place
Africa
South Africa
Unknown
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76
two copies exist

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